Bebe Vio reached the women's foil final, category B, at the Tokyo Paralympics.
At 1 pm Italian the reigning Paralympic champion will compete for gold with the Chinese Jingjing Zhou, who had already defeated in the final in Rio 2016.
The 24-year-old from Veneto beat the Russian Ludmila Vasileva 15-4 in the semifinals and in the quarter-finals the Georgian Irma Khetsuriani for 15-6.
Meanwhile, Matteo Betti, 35 years old from Siena, lost the final for the bronze medal in men's foil, category A, to the Russian Nikita Nagaev by 15-11.