Alessandro Puccini of Italy won the Olympic gold medal Monday in men's individual foil.
_Alessandro Puccini of Italy won the gold medal in men's individual foil, ahead of two Frenchmen _ Lionel Plumenail, silver, and Franck Boidin, bronze.
Italy's Alessandro Puccini, a stocky 27-year-old with a speedy stabbing hand, captured his first Olympic medal by defeating Lionel Plumenail, a chess-loving postal worker from France, 15-12, in the final men's bout.