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Paris 2024 Paralympics: GB’s Dimitri Coutya wins gold in wheelchair fencing

Great Britain’s Dimitri Coutya has won his first Paralympic wheelchair fencing gold in the men’s foil B category.

The world number one breathed a huge sigh of relief after overpowering China’s two-time defending Paralympic champion Feng Yanke 15-7 at the Grand Palais.

The 26-year-old had dominated the contest from the start, quickly moving 8-4 ahead before running away with it to close out an eight-point victory.

On his way to the final, Coutya had also cruised to victory over Ukraine’s Dmytro Serozhenko 15-4 in the semi-final and Thailand’s Visit Kingmanaw 15-5 in the quarter-final.

The wheelchair fencer’s Paralympic gold is an upgrade on the bronze he won in the same event in Tokyo three years ago and will add to the European titles in both foil and epee B events he secured in March and in 2022.

Coutya, who is also world number one in epee category B, will target further gold medals in the men’s team foil quarter-final on Thursday (11:40 BST), the individual epee B category on Friday (08:40) and team epee quarter-final on Saturday (11:40).


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