China's Zhu defeats Italian Cassara to enter top 4 in men's foil
13/8/2008 18:18
Chinese fencer Zhu Jun advanced to the top 4 by smashing world's top seed
Andrea Cassara of Italy 15-14 at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing today.
It is
the best result for Chinese fencers in the men's foil individual
event.
Cassara led the race at 8-5, but was caught up by Zhu, at 9-9. They
later knotted at 10-10, 12-12, and 14-14. Zhu, ranked 6th in the world, broke
the deadlock at 15-14 in the last seconds.
China's Lei Sheng failed to enter
the top 4 after losing to Benjamin Philip Kleibrink from Germany at
15-7.
Chinese sabre fencer Zhong Man made history last night by winning the
first fencing gold for China 24 years after Luan Jujie snatched the first
Olympic fencing gold in 1984.
Xinhua
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