Miss C A Bhavani Devi who represented India in the Olympics for fencing is now leading a team of 24 athletes in the Asian Fencing Championship 2022, Seoul. This championship conducts competitions on Foil, Epee and sabre.
The team was created based on the athletes’ performance in Senior National Fencing Championship.
The 24-member team is listed below.
In foil: Arjun, Dev, Kathiresan Bibish, Velautham Vinoth Kumar (Men) and Radhika Prakash Awati, Maria Akshita Ciril Rajdev, Isha, Khusboorani Laishram (Women).
Sabre: Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma, Abhay Krishna Shinde, Karan Singh, Vishal Thapar
(Men) and Sabre women's: Bhavani Devi, Khanak Kaushik, Abi Laishram, Vedika Khushi Ravana (Women).
Epee: Girish Vaibhav Jakate, Sunil Kumar, Rajendra Shanthimol Sherjin, Udaivir Singh (Men) and Khushi Dabhade, Tannu Gulia, Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer, Taniksha Khatri (Women)