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Later on, we're going to be joined by champion Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who was a pioneer in multiple ways,

the first Muslim American woman to win an Olympic medal,

the first black woman to win an Olympic medal in saber fencing, and the first celebrity guest,

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