France's Yannick Borel holds his trophy after winning the final of the men's epee of the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi on July 23. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Italy pocketed its second gold medal on the fifth day of the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province on July 23, as Alice Volpi defeated France's Ysaora Thibus 15-12 in the final of the women's foil event.

It marked the second time that Volpl, the world number two, has won the title, with her first coming in 2012. Last year, in Leipzig, Germany, Volpi came agonizingly close as she was edged to the title by the world number one, Russia's Inna Deriglazova, by a single point in the final, losing by 14 points to 13.

In the men's epee final, France's Yannick Borel, the world number six, conquered Ruben Limardo Gascon of Venezuela by 15 points to 4 to secure the gold medal.