Eliza Stone vows to keep fencing after a tough Olympics — and difficult attempts to train during the pandemic: ‘It was a very, very long road to get here’

TOKYO — Nothing has been easy for Chicago’s Eliza Stone in the past year — including these Olympics. She lost in an early round of the women’s individual sabre competition earlier this week, then finished sixth Saturday in the women’s team event. But after spending the last nine years working toward qualifying for the Games and finding a way to train during the pandemic, she quickly put the disappointing placements into perspective. “The fact that I made the Olympics is wonderful,” she said. “Obviously, I wish I could have done more but that doesn’t change every single thing I did along the wa…

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