En-route to victory in the men's foil B event in Tbilisi, Georgia, Hu gained revenge against Coutya in the semi-final with a 15-6 win.

He went on to take gold with a victory over Ukraine's Anton Datsko.

Bronze nevertheless made it another fine day for Coutya, who had earned silver in the epee B.

Coutya had dispatched Japan's Michinobu Fujita 15-5 in his round-of-16 bout in the foil event, and then beaten Albert Kamalov 15-7 to set up his meeting with Hu.

Italy's Marco Cima took the other bronze.

The men's foil A gold went to Richard Osvath of Hungary, who beat Italy's Emanuele Lambertini in the final.

Bronze medals went to Iraq's Zainulabdeen Al-Madhkhoori and Roman Fedyaev of Russia.

Russia earned a clean sweep in the women's epee B class, with Viktoria Boykova, Irina Mishurova and Ludmila Vasileva winning gold, silver and bronze respectively.

China almost matched that in the women's epee A class, taking gold thanks to Bian Jing, and both bronze medals through Rong Jing and Zou Xufeng.

Ukraine's Yevheniia Breus won the silver medal.