Japan won its first Olympic fencing gold medal and set a record with 17 gold medals at a single Olympics by winning the Tokyo Games men's team epee competition on Friday.The Japanese trio of Masaru Yamada, Koki Kano and Satoru Uyama defeated the Russian Olympic Committee team 45-36 as Japan surpassed its record gold medal haul of 16 set in the 1964 Tokyo Games and equaled in Athens in 2004.Host Japan, seeded eighth, opened by defeating the United States 45-39, and then downed top-seeded France 45-44. Japan then took down South Korea 45-38 in the semifinals at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, e…READ FULL ARTICLE
