The duo led for much of the day and beat Mexicans Tamara Vega and Jorge Camacho into second and Elena Potapenko and Vladislav Sukharev of Kazakhstan into third.

"We are very happy with the competition today," said Bonessio.

"All the way through qualifying our fencing was bad but today we won the fencing, which was a fantastic result and it allowed us to get the gold medal."

The Kazakh pair led the Italians after the swimming with the eventual winners then taking control by ending the fencing with a 25-7 record.

The Italians were then relaxed in the jumping arena as only Argentina and Egypt managed clear rounds.

Bonessio and Franceschini were then efficient at the shooting range before bringing it home with the run.

Sherif El-Erian, President of the Egyptian Modern Pentathlon Federation, said after the medal ceremony: "I feel very glad that UIPM has given us the honour of hosting a World Cup again and I think it was a wonderful World Cup.

"It was especially wonderful for us to at last have one of our own athletes, Amro El Geziry, on top of the podium and to hear our national anthem.

"You could see that the crowd were very happy to experience this and I thought it was a wonderful World Cup.

"The weather was perfect, the horses were very good, there was no trauma in anything and it was an exciting event so I am very happy."

The second World Cup event of the season is due to take place in Rio de Janeiro on March 10 until 14.

The competition will have extra significance as it is the official test event for Rio 2016 and is due to be held in the venues that will stage events in the Olympic Games.