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THRUST & PARRY

C.A. BHAVANI DEVI, 27

DISCIPLINE: FENCING (SABRE)

QUALIFYING RUN: Through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) method at the Fencing World Cup in Hungary in March. Devi’s No. 42 world ranking helped her grab one of the two individual spots open for the Asian and Oceania region

First Indian fencer to win a gold medal at the Turnoi Satellite Fencing Championships in Iceland in 2017; first Indian to win a gold medal at

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