Fencer Bhavani says she has learnt lessons from defeat

A second round exit in her debut Olympics at Tokyo was a lesson for India’s lone fencer Bhavani Devi, who said she would work on improving her technique to scale greater heights in the future.

The 27-year-old Bhavani, the first Indian fencer to qualify for Olympics, began her individual sabre event campaign with a confident 15-3 win against Tunisia’s Nadia Ben Azizi but bumped into world number three Manon Brunet of France in the next round, which she lost 7-15.

The one lesson I learned from Tokyo is to keep working hard, because I kept working hard after Rio and that brought me to Tokyo. I need to improve on some fencing moments and fencing strategies, like technical (aspects) and I got good feedback from my matches, Bhavani said during a virtual press conference arranged by Sports Authority of India.

Because I was in good control about the outside pressure, that is very good for me. I will continue to work hard and in the coming competitions, it will be better results than previous years, she said.

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