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Sunisa Lee of the U.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the women s all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
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CHIBA: Barely able to walk, Russian fencer Marta Martyanova showed she could still fight.
Martyanova rolled her ankle early in the team foil final at the Olympics on Thursday, but stayed in the contest and contributed 14 points to win gold alongside Inna Deriglazova and Larisa Korobeynikova. The Russians beat France 45-34.
Martyanova, who had her ankle bandaged and treated with an ice pack, needed her team-mates help to walk to the podium and back again.
“Emotionally it was very hard. I didn t know what to do,” Martyanova said, adding that she worried about letting the team down if she didn’t continue. “I had to just stand up and do everything,” She left the arena in a wheelchair.