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Real Talk: On The Loss of Olympian Kamara James and Black Women's Mental Health #Kamara #NaBloPoMo #NaNoWrimo

Just ten years ago, Olympic champion Kamara James was poised to do for the spot of epee fencing what Venus and Serena Williams accomplished for tennis: blast through the aristocratic gauze surrounding the field, color up it reputation and open up the floodgates of inner city brown kids who might popularize the sport in the general public eye. Epee is French word for ‘sword.’ It helms a sport…

US Fencing Olympian Kamara James Dies at 29

Kamara James, a U.S. fencing Olympian who represented the country in the 2004 Athens games, recently passed away in Modesto, CA at 29. US Fencing announced the sad news today on their official website today, though James died on September 20. Little information is presently known about her cause of death.

Kamara James

The fencing star took up the sport at 11-year-old shortly after she and her…

US Fencing Olympian Kamara James passes away at 29

Kamara James (Photo: USA Fencing)

Kamara James, a U.S. fencing Olympian who represented the country in the 2004 Athens games, recently passed away in Modesto, CA at 29. US Fencing announced the sad news today on their official website, though James died on September 20. Little information is presently known about her cause of death.

The fencing star took up the sport at 11-year-old shortly after…

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Olympic fencer Kamara James dead at 29

by theGrio

Kamara James, who represented Team USA at the 2004 Olympic Games in fencing, has passed away at the age of 29.

USA Fencing posted the sad news on its official website and social media pages Tuesday, though it’s unclear exactly when James died.

James passed away in Modesto, California. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica before moving to Queens, New York at the age of 10. She received a full scholarship to Princeton, where she graduated in 2007.