Ota and Kleibrink will compete for Foil gold

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 +8) on August 13.
Ota Yuki of Japan, ninth-place finisher at the Athens 2004 Olympics, defeated Athens 2004 silver medalist Salvatore Sanzoof from 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).

source: beijing2008.cn

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