GB's Coutya wins Paralympic gold in wheelchair fencing

Great Britain’s Dimitri Coutya has won his first Paralympic wheelchair fencing golden successful nan men’s foil B category.

The world number 1 breathed a immense sigh of alleviation aft overpowering China's two-time defending Paralympic champion Feng Yanke 15-7 astatine nan Grand Palais.

The 26-year-old had dominated nan title from nan start, quickly moving 8-4 up earlier moving distant pinch it to adjacent retired an eight-point victory.

On his measurement to nan final, Coutya had besides cruised to triumph complete Ukraine’s Dmytro Serozhenko 15-4 successful nan semi-final and Thailand’s Visit Kingmanaw 15-5 successful nan quarter-final.

The wheelchair fencer's Paralympic golden is an upgrade connected nan bronze he won successful nan aforesaid arena successful Tokyo 3 years agone and will adhd to nan European titles successful some foil and epee B events he secured successful March and successful 2022.

Coutya, who is besides world number 1 successful epee class B, will target further golden medals successful nan men’s squad foil quarter-final connected Thursday (11:40 BST), nan individual epee B class connected Friday (08:40) and squad epee quarter-final connected Saturday (11:40).