Jaelyn Liu, at just 15 years old, achieved the remarkable feat of becoming the youngest women's foil fencer to win gold at a Senior World Cup. Her journey, rooted in Texas, was marked by significant sacrifices, particularly after losing her coach, Volodymyr Yefimov, to cancer. The Liu family sought better training opportunities, leading them to Boston and Star Fencing Academy, where they trained under experts including Shaung Meng, who recognized Jaelyn's potential from an early age. The move, though difficult, was pivotal for Liu's development as a competitive fencer.
In that year that our coach got cancer, I pretty much took her everywhere in the nation,
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