Olympian fencer Bhavani Devi on Monday shocked the world as she created historical past in Indian sports activities. Bhavani has turn out to be the primary Indian fencer to win a medal girls’s sabre occasion at the Asian Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China. She has received a Bronze medal within the match after registering some historic wins.
Bhavani turned the primary Indian to guarantee the nation a medal within the match after she defeated the reigning World Champion Misaki Emura of Japan within the quarterfinal. However, Bhavani misplaced her semifinal match to Uzbekistan’s Zaynab Dayibekova.
The Indian misplaced the semifinal conflict by a really shut margin of 14-15 as she gave a troublesome combat to her opponent. Earlier, she defeated World Champion Emura by 15-10 to attain the ultimate 4.
Bhavani acquired a bye within the spherical of 64 earlier than outclassing Dospay Karina of Kazakhstan within the spherical of 32. The Indian then overpowered third seed Ozaki Seri within the pre-quarterfinals by 15-11. After her win, the Fencing Association of India secretary-general Rajeev Mehta congratulated Bhavani for her achievement.
“It is a very proud day for Indian fencing. Bhavani has achieved what no one could achieve before. She is first Indian fencer to win a medal at the prestigious Asian Championships. On behalf of the entire fencing fraternity, I congratulate her and hope she brings back gold,” Mehta informed PTI.
Bhavani is the primary Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics. She competed within the Tokyo Olympics 2021 and in addition received a match there. Bhavani defeated Tunisia’s Nadia Ben Azizi within the first spherical by 15-3. However, she confronted a defeat within the second spherical to World No.3 Manon Brunet
