China beats France to enter women's sabre team final
14/8/2008 17:54
China defeated France 45-38 in Beijing today in the Olympic women's sabre
team event, winning the ticket to the final bout in which it will face
Ukraine.
The team, consisting of Tan Xue, Bao Yingying and Ni Hong, led the
French players Leonore Perrus, Lise Anne and Carole Vergne after a 4-4 draw and
kept it throughout the bout.
In another semifinal, top seed the United States
lost to Ukraine 45-39.
Boasting of the top three finishers in the individual
event Mariel Zagunis, Sada Jacobson and Rebecca Ward, the top-ranked United
States just stopped at the semifinal.
Xinhua
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