Olympics: Japan wins gold in men's fencing team foil event at Paris Games

Japan won gold in the men's team foil event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, with the 45-36 victory over Italy moving the nation to the top of the fencing medal table at the games.The world's No. 1.-ranked team of Kazuki Iimura, Kyosuke Matsuyama, Takahiro Shikine and substitute Yudai Nagano joined Koki Kano in winning fencing gold medals for Japan at the Grand Palais in Paris."I believed we had the quality to win the gold medal. There was pressure to get a team medal (for Japan) for the third day in a row and I am really pleased that we were able to get the gold," said Shikine.In taking th…READ FULL ARTICLE