Eleven Americans have their sights set on gold in Shanghai at the final foil grand prix stop for the 2015-16 season. Six of those are men that won’t start their competition until Saturday. Friday the women’s competition gets underway with the preliminary round, though only two of the five American women, Amy Jia and Madison Zeiss, will be competing in this round. Lee Kiefer, Nzingha Prescod, and Nicole Ross all have byes into the table of 64 on Saturday.

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