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Paralympic fencing with a Utahn in Tokyo
TOKYO, Japan. — Shelby Jensen, 20, from Salt Lake City, is representing the United States in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the sport of wheelchair fencing. She contests all three of the disciplines; saber, epee, and foil. This is her Paralympic debut.
Her scores were as follows on the opening day of competition in the pool preliminaries in the individual for the saber:
- Lost against Chinese athlete 0 -5
- Lost against Hungarian athlete 2 – 5
- Lost against Italian athlete 1 – 5
- Lost against Ukrainian athlete 0 – 5
Jensen finished out this first day of fencing in Tokyo in 15th place.
Tomorrow, she’ll compete in the second discipline of epee against different pool play nations.