China claimed a fifth gold medal in Wheelchair Fencing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games by winning the women’s Team - Category Open event after seeing off Hungary in the final at ExCeL.
China’s Chen Yijun won his second Wheelchair Fencing medal of London 2012 after seeing off countryman Tian Jianquan in a thrilling men’s Sabre - Category A final.
Yu Chui Yee made it two wins in the space of 24 hours as the Hong Kong fencer added the women's Epee - Category A title to her Foil success to take her Paralympic Games career tally to seven gold medals.
China won three of the four gold medals available on the opening day of Wheelchair Fencing action at ExCeL as men and women competed for glory in the Individual Foil - Category A and Category B events.
As the London 2012 Wheelchair Fencing competition got under way on Day 6, Host Nation hopeful Tom Hall-Butcher highlighted Frenchman Romain Noble as the man to beat in the men's Individual Sabre - Category A.
Wheelchair Fencing will be coming 'home' to the UK for the London 2012. The sport was developed for World War II veterans at Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Paralympic Games.
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has confirmed that Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium on 29 August.
