Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Bhavani Devi bags gold at Commonwealth Fencing Championship

Indian fencer CA Bhavani Devi on Wednesday won a gold medal in the senior women’s saber individual category at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships 2022.

According to the information received here, she defeated Veronica Vasileva of Australia 15-10 to win the title in London. “Bhavani Devi is the Commonwealth Fencing Champion. (Sai) wrote on Twitter.

Bhavani Devi created history by becoming the only Indian fencer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2020 Fencing World Cup in Hungary. He qualified through the Adjusted Official Ranking Method (AOR). In Tokyo Olympics 2020, she won her first match against Tunisia’s Nadia Ben Azizi.

Originally published at Pen 18

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