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Believe Im better fencer now than I was at Tokyo 2020: For Bhavani Devi, France move pays off..
Having won a historic bronze medal at the recent Asian Fencing Championships in Chinas Wuxi, Indian fencer Bhavani Devi believes that she is a better fencer now than when she was at Tokyo, where she became the first Indian fencer to ever compete at an Olympics..
Bauer, who specialises in sabre, has coached many athletes to Olympic medals: from Aldo Montano (individual gold at Athens 2004), to the Chinese womens sabre team (silver at Beijing 2008) and Zhong Man (mens individual gold at Beijing 2008)..
He was also the man behind the Russian sabre fencers at London 2012 and Rio 2016, where the European powerhouse claimed multiple medals, including Yana Egorian and Sofya Velikayas medals in Bhavanis event...
With a #Bronze, @IamBhavaniDevi becomes 1st Indian to win a medal at Asian #Fencing Championships!..
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