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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