Tokyo Olympics: Meet Bhavani Devi, first Indian fencer to qualify for the Games ...United Arab Emirates

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Kolkata: If one thought that fencing is the preserve of Europe, alongwith a handful of Asian sporting superpowers like China, Japan and Korea - India’s Bhavani Devi has just forced you to have second thoughts. The daughter of a temple priest in Tamil Nadu, the 27-year-old has become a major talking point when she became the first-ever Indian in the sport to qualify for the Olympics and will be in action in Tokyo in three months’ time. The sabre fencer secured a Tokyo 2020 berth at the ongoing Fencing World Cup in Budapest after hosts Hungary lost in the quarterfinals of the team event and Korea marched into the semi-finals on Sunday. That result meant that Bhavani, world No. 45 in her sport

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