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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The golden drought is over for France in fencing.One of the sports traditional powers won its first fencing gold medal since 2008, easily defeating Italy 45-31 in the mens team epee final on Sunday at the Rio de Janiero Olympics.Yannick Borel wrapped the match up for France with a quick touch of opponent Marco Fichera. Borel ripped off his mask and let out a scream to celebrate.Eight years is a long time for France to go without an Olympic fencing gold.Just the happiest moment in my fencing life, said Borel, a grin running from ear to ear. You want to share this with your friends. They are screaming, you are screaming, too.Until Sunday, the French team overall managed just a silver and bronze in fencing in Rio. They were left off the podium entirely at the 2012 London Games.The shutout ended with a resounding victory at Carioca Arena 3.Hungary won the bronze after beating Ukraine 39-37.In the final, Borel seemed to let out eight years of frustration for French fencers with a yell in the direction of vocal fans waving the French flag and his teammates.Later, Borel locked arms with teammates Daniel Jarent and Jean-Michel Lucenay, and the team jumped up and down in unison under the spotlights on the piste. Dance music filled the dimly-lit arena before the medal ceremony.There was much to celebrate for France, which was ranked first in the world in mens epee. The event wasnt contested in London, but France had won the previous two golds in mens epee, in Beijing in 2008 and Athens in 2004.Still, a victory on Sunday wasnt a lock, not against the third-ranked team in the world. Italys team included Enrico Garozzo, ranked second in the world.We came as a favorite, and they did their job with their performances here, France coach Hughes Obry said through an interpreter about his team. This is such a relief for them.Obry took over the program after London. Getting the team back to the top required tough training every day, he recounted.Once Borel got to Rio, he focused only on looking ahead.Today, I didnt look back, Borel said. I did this, and London is far away for me.France became the third country to win three straight golds in the mens team epee event, following Italy and Hungary. It was Frances ninth Olympic title in the event, breaking a tie with Italy for most golds.Mens team epee wasnt an event in 2012 because the sports international governing body has been rotating two team events out of the Olympics since Beijing.---Online:AP Summer Games: http://summergames.ap.org/Cheap Shoes From China . 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He is averaging double figures in points (30.9), assists (11.3) and rebounds (10.3). The only other player to average double-figure numbers in all three categories this late into the season was Oscar Robertson.Heading into Wednesdays game with the Washington Wizards, Westbrook has eight triple-doubles on the season and 45 for his career. If Westbrook gets another triple-double Wednesday, that will be three in a row.Yet, there is only one stat category that Westbrook will talk about when hes asked about his run on triple-doubles. That is wins and losses.After going through a recent losing streak, the Thunder (11-8) won their last thhree games.ddddddddddddWinning is sustainable, Westbrook said told ESPN.com. My job is to go out and find the best way to win games. Right now, we won three straight, and that is the most important to me.Like Westbrook, Washingtons John Wall is also coming into the game after posting a triple-double -- albeit a different one -- Monday night. In a 101-95 overtime victory over the Sacramento Kings, Wall tallied 19 points, 11 assists, 11 turnovers and eight rebounds.While Walls hands will be full trying to slow down Westbrook, the focus of the Oklahoma City fans will be on Walls coach, Scott Brooks.Brooks makes his first return to Oklahoma City since being fired at the end of the 2014-15 season.Yet, that hasnt taken away the excitement Brooks said he has for seeing members of the Thunder organization.We had a great run. Unfortunately it ended for me but thats the business were in. I have a lot of respect for the organization, Brooks told The Washington Post. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the players that I coached. I still communicate with all of them. Even now that Im back in the NBA Im thankful for the job that I have now but it also brings back a lot of memories.However, his first season with the Wizards, it is not going as he had hoped. Washington is 6-10 and in third place in the Southeast Division. ' ' '