Rio Olympics: Tunisia's Ines Boubakri wins bronze in fencing

Published August 11th, 2016 - 08:23 GMT
Tunisia's bronze medallist Ines Boubakri cries on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's individual foil fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016.
Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Tunisia's bronze medallist Ines Boubakri cries on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's individual foil fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP

Fencer Ines Boubakri has clinched first medal for Tunisia at at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro early Thursday.

Boubakri won women bronze defeating Russian Aida Shanaeva 15-11 in the foil individual.

Tunisia is the fourth Arab country to win a medal as UAE won bronze in Judo before Kuwait took gold in shooting. Later Wednesday, Egypt clinched two bronze medals in weightlifting.

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