Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 24 -- Olympian Bhavani Devi ended her fencing campaign at the ongoing Asian Games 2026 in the round of 16 in the women's sabre individual event on Thursday.

Bhavani made it to the knockout stages with a 5-4 win over Kazakhstan's Aigerim Sarybay and a 5-2 victory against Thailand's Arisara Somphao, as per Olympics.com.

The Olympian faced three losses in the pool stage to South Korea's Jeongmi Kim (5-1), Iran's Najmeh Sazanjian (5-4) and Uzbekistan's Zaynab Dayibekova (5-4). But it took two must-win matches to send her to the round of 32, where she beat Mongolia's Oulen Tugsjargal 15-8.

However, she was knocked out in the women's sabre individual event in the pre-quarters, with a defeat to China's 2026 Worlds silver m...