Olympics-Fencing-Japan's fencing hopefuls make it to round of 16

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Fencing - Women's Individual Foil - Last 32 - Makuhari Messe Hall B - Chiba, Japan - July 25, 2021. Nora Mohamed of Egypt in action against Yuka Ueno of Japan REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese fencing medal hopefuls Yuka Ueno and Masaru Yamada made their way to the round of 16, chasing Japan's first Olympic fencing medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Ranked seventh in the world rankings, Ueno was champion of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games' woman's foil individual event, and came sixth in the world championship a year later.