Fencers are gearing up for the World Championships in September
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Britain's Lee Fawcett showed signs of a promising Paralympic future with bronze in the individual sabre at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Turin.
Fawcett, 30, beat several top fencers over the weekend, including Polish 2004 Paralympic silver medallist Piotr Czop.
The Middlesbrough athlete has only been playing the sport for a year after switching from wheelchair basketball.
He said: "It was really good - the best I've fenced since starting the sport, so I even surprised myself," he said.
"Once I got to the semi-finals I knew I was guaranteed a bronze medal but I was disappointed that I didn't win that match."
Fawcett, who was part of the GB wheelchair basketball squad for five years, will be aiming for success later this year in September's Fencing World Championships.
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