NEW YORK (AP) — Mariel Zagunis could see herself fencing at four or five Olympics.
The two-time defending world and Olympic champion hasn’t made plans beyond the 2012 London Games, but the American wants to keep competing as long as it feels right.
After all, Zagunis looks up to Valentina Vezzali, the 36-year-old Italian who has won three straight individual Olympic golds in women’s foil and seven medals overall since 1996.
Zagunis could match that feat since she earned her first saber gold in Athens at age 19 before repeating in Beijing. Now 25, the Oregon native won her second consecutive world championship on Nov. 6 in Paris.
Zagunis was in New York on Wednesday for Fencing Masters NYC, an event benefiting U.S. Olympic hopefuls at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
