The Russian progressed through the early rounds of the competition in impressive style, before showing his title credentials with a swift 15-5 demolition of Poland’s Filip Broniszewski at the semi-final stage.

His opponent for the final would be Zsombor Banyai of Hungary, who came through a nervy match against Japan's Masaru Yamada.

Both fencers traded points throughout the contest, but Banyai led the tie 13-11 when the allotted time ran out, giving him the victory.

The Hungarian found himself on the back foot as the gold medal match began, with Bida taking a 7-4 advantage.

Banyai began to work his way back into the tie and moved to within one point, with the score moving to 11-10.

Despite the pressure, Bida kept his nerve by extending his advantage as the seconds rapidly ticked away from Banyai, ultimately sealing a 15-11 success.

With their defeats in the semi-finals, Broniszewski and Yamada took the bronze medals.

There was not to be a Russian fencing double in the venue today, as Yana Alborova suffered defeat in the women’s foil competition.

She had beaten her compatriot Adelya Abdrakhmanova in the semi-finals, but proved unable to replicate her performance against Hungary’s Fanny Kriess.

Kriess proved to wily an opponent, as she stormed to a 15-7 victory and let out a scream of delight at the outcome.

The Hungarian was tossed into the air in celebration of her success, just as Andras Szatmari had been little over 24 hours earlier when he had won the men's sabre.

Italy’s Beatrice Monaco, beaten by Kriess in the semi-finals, joined Abdrakhmanova in picking up bronze.

While lunges and quick reflexes were the order of the day in fencing competition, poise and power was required during the women’s team gymnastics final three floors higher.

Canada were the team to set the standard among the early starters, with their team securing a total score of 161.100.

Their team produced strong performances on the vault, floor and uneven bars, but particularly excelled on the beam, with their score of 40.475 proving the highest of the day.

Elsabeth Black, a triple gold medallist at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, proved to be the top all round athlete of the day by scoring 56.050.

Her efforts would not be enough to give Canada the team title, with Russia leapfrogging them in the final group of four teams to compete.

The Russia team achieved a total of 163.000 across the four apparatus, with Daria Spiridonova and Evgeniia Shelgunova performing well on each.

Their result pushed Canada down into the silver medal position, with the podium completed by Japan on a total of 159.900.