Ten different countries were represented on the podiums at the Rio 2016 fencing competition, though it was the Russians, Hungarians, Italians and the French who dominated proceedings at the Arena Carioca 3.

Daniele Garozzo stayed the distance in the men’s individual foil to win Italy’s first gold in the event since Alessandro Puccini topped the podium at Atlanta 1996.

History was made at a packed ExCeL tonight with Africa's first-ever Olympic Fencing medal as China's Lei Sheng took gold in the men's Individual Foil.