Lauren Scruggs Says Her Household Is ‘a Mess’ After Her Silver Medal Win

Lauren Scruggs says her household continues to be feeling emotional after she made Olympic historical past in Paris.

After Scruggs, 21, took house the silver medal in fencing on the Summer time Olympics on July 28, making her the primary Black American lady to medal within the occasion, the New York Metropolis native tells PEOPLE her household is “tremendous, tremendous pleased for me.”

“I feel my household’s a large number, they’re simply so excited,” Scruggs tells PEOPLE on the Crew USA Home in Paris.

“My mother cries each 5 seconds; my grandma too,” she provides.

The Harvard incoming senior says her Olympic win “means quite a bit” to her household and that she “actually felt the love on the market” whereas competing in Paris.

Scruggs first found fencing by way of her older brother Nolen, who she says is “simply in shock” over her historic win. “He was telling me, ‘I have been praying for you all week’ and issues like that. He is that kind of man, so I feel he is simply tremendous proud,” she shares.

Being the primary Black American lady to medal in fencing continues to be a “shock” to Scruggs as properly.

“I have a look at the medal for 5 minutes and I am similar to, ‘Oh my God,'” she says. “Each time I actually take a second and have a look at it, I am simply in complete shock.”

Scruggs will start her ultimate 12 months at Harvard, the place she’s learning for a Bachelor’s diploma in philosophy, within the fall. There, she’ll return to classmates and professors who’ve been “blowing up” her telephone with messages of congratulations since she medaled.

“They’re similar to, simply gassing me up proper now,” she says of her Harvard friends. “Clearly my very shut associates, they have been all watching from fairly early on within the morning and one among my associates obtained their complete household to observe on the TV, in order that was actually cool.”

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Scruggs says she’s even acquired “emails from professors” within the two days for the reason that occasion.

When she’s not making Olympic historical past, Scruggs says she likes to buy – she’s already made a “big-girl buy at Gucci” whereas in Paris – and is a giant fan of anime.

“Proper now I am watching One Piece, however I actually like Cowboy Bebop and Naruto, they’re in all probability my favourite.”

Scruggs will compete for a medal once more on the Olympics on Aug. 1 within the ladies’s group foil occasion.

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