Maxine Wong (right) in action against Maia Mei Weintraub (back to camera). (Photo 2 © Ayushman Basu/Red Sports)
Maxine Wong with her U-12 foil gold. With her are her YMCA Fencing coach, Viatcheslav Bobok, and her parents, Bee Bee Chan and Philip Wong. (Photo 3 © Ayushman Basu)
Hello! Fencing is really fun!!
The American opponent was a 10 year old. I was impressed with her fencing against the more experienced 12 year old eventual gold medallist. The newspaper should have mentioned the age of the American opponent since they mentioned the age of Maxine Wong.
Thanks for telling us her age, Elizabeth. We updated the story.