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Highlights of the Men's Team Foil bout between Japan and Italy at Tokyo 2021. Italy was heavily favoured to win and even medal - having won the World Championships in 2017 and 2018.
Japan won the Asian Championships in 2019, but I do not recall Japan having ever beaten Italy before.
Italy had defeated Japan in the Final of the London 2012 Olympics - from that event, only Cassara and Avola remain - Baldini (ITA), Aspromonte (ITA), Ota (JPN), Chida (JPN), and Awaji (JPN) have all retired. Miyaki (JPN) still fences and had qualified as a member of the 2019 Japan Worlds team, but did not qualify for the Japanese Olympic Team.
Japanese team: Matsuyama, Shikine, Saito, Nagano (R)
Italian team: Garozzo, Foconi, Cassara, Avola (R)
00:00 Matsuyama v Foconi
00:41 Saito v Garozzo
01:18 Shikine v Cassara
01:34 Shikine v Avola
02:04 Saito v Foconi
03:10 Matsuyama v Avola
03:34 Shikine v Garozzo
04:06 Saito v Avola
04:34 Shikine v Foconi
05:23 Matsuyama v Garozzo