Chinese Zhong Man and Zhou Hanming on Tuesday advanced to the round of 16 in the Olympic men's sabre individual event.

Zhong beat Kothny Wiradech of Thailand 15-7 in the round of 32, while teammate Zhou outscored Hungary's Zsolt Nemcsik 15-13.

But their fellow Chinese Wang Jingzhi was knocked out after loosing to Frenchman Julien Pillet 15-14.

(Xinhua News Agency August 12, 2008)