Olympics-Fencing-Japan's Kano wins gold in men's epee at Paris Games

Paris 2024 Olympics - Fencing - Men's Epee Individual Semifinals - Grand Palais, Paris, France - July 28, 2024. Koki Kano of Japan celebrates after winning his semifinal bout against Tibor Ferenc Andrasfi of Hungary.

PARIS (Reuters) - Koki Kano of Japan won the gold medal in the men's epee individual event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Yannick Borel of France took silver and Mohamed Elsayed of Egypt was awarded bronze.

(Reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro; Editing by Hugh Lawson)