Olympics-Fencing-France and ROC to face off for men's team foil gold

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Fencing - Men's Team Foil - Semifinal - Makuhari Messe Hall B - Chiba, Japan - August 1, 2021. Erwann Le Pechoux of France in action against Kyosuke Matsuyama of Japan REUTERS/Molly Darlington

CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - France will face the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for the finals of the men's team foil competition after they beat their semi-final opponents by the skin of their teeth.

France beat a feisty Japan, which fresh out of a surprise victory against third-ranked Italy in the quarter-finals refused to concede an easy win.