: Even when I had some injuries, I tried to compete: Bhavani Devi on her journey to the Olympics #IndiaNEWS The first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, CA Bhavani Devi on Wednesday recalled

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Even when I had some injuries, I tried to compete: Bhavani Devi on her journey to the Olympics #IndiaNEWS
The first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, CA Bhavani Devi on Wednesday recalled that she was so desperate to make the cut for the Tokyo Games that she competed in tournaments to improve her rankings despite nursing injuries.Bhavani qualified for the Tokyo Games through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) Method. Two individual spots were up for grabs for the Asia and Oceania region based on the World Rankings as of April 5, 2021. She is ranked 45th and occupies one of the two available slots based on the ranking.Bhavani, who failed to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, said she didn’t know how to pick and choose tournaments and so competed in all of them.“Since it was the first time for me, I put double the effort. I didn’t know if it was okay to go for all competitions or not. I didn’t want to miss out on anything,??? Bhavani said during a virtual press conference.“So, I tried my best and went for all the competitions. Even when I had some injuries I tried to compete in events. I wanted to do it to get some points and get my ranking in the Asian zone qualification. All those sacrifices and efforts helped...Read more

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