Chennai fencer Bhavani Devi eyes Olympic glory in 2020

Buoyed by her rise in world ranking, Chennai fencer C A Bhavani Devi today said she is confident of winning a gold medal in the 2020 Olympics.

"I feel a lot more confident about taking part in the 2020 Olympics as my world ranking has improved from 81 to 36 now," she said here on her return after taking part in various tournaments abroad.

"My aim is to win gold medal in 2020 Olympics," Bhavani Devi, who recently achieved her career-best world ranking of 36 in the sabre category, said.

After having become the first Indian fencer to win gold at the World Cup satellite tournament at Reykjavik in May last, Bhavani reached the quarter-finals at the Asian fencing championships at Hong Kong and was part of the recently-concluded world championships in Leipzig, Germany.

She said the performance in the World Cup satellite meet was a morale-booster and helped her do well in the subsequent tournaments.

"Definitely the gold medal was a big boost. And when it happens to be the first gold for the country, it will make one proud and make a sportsperson work with more confidence," she told

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