Fencer Vivian Kong has won gold in the women’s individual épée, taking team Hong Kong to the podium on the first day of the Paris 2024 Olympics. World number one Kong, 30, came from behind against home-crowd favourite Auriane Mallo-Breton of France to win 13-12, becoming only the third Hongkonger in history to clinch Olympic gold. She follows in the footsteps of windsurfer Lee Lai-shan in 1996 and fellow fencer Edgar Cheung in 2021. Among those watching from the stands in the Grand Palais in the centre of Paris was French President Emanuel Macron. Speaking to the media after her triumph, Kong …