Beijing Olympic Games

Updated: 2008-08-13 19:11:27

(BEIJING, August 13) — Ota Yuki of Japan and German fencer Benjamin Philip Kleibrink will duel over the Olympic gold medal in the Men’s Individual Foil competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at 9 p.m. (UTC/GMT on August 13.

Ota Yuki of Japan, ninth-place finisher at the Athens 2004 Olympics, defeated Athens 2004 silver medalist Salvatore Sanzo of Italy 15-14 to advance to the final competition.

In another semifinal bout, Germany’s Benjamin Philip Kleibrink, gold medalist at the Venice, Italy World Cup 2007/08 defeated Zhu Jun of China 15-4 to enter the final.

Zhu will compete with Sanzo for the bronze medal at 8 p.m. (UTC/GMT 8).