India’s Taniksha Khatri crashed out of the Women’s Epee Individual event of fencing at the Asian Games as she failed to win against World No. 2 Hong Kong’s Man Wai Vivian.
She lost the game 7-15 on Sunday in Hangzhou. Khatri had advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Uzbekistan’s Egamberdieva Shakhzoda by 15-10. Ena Arora had moved to the table of 32 in the Women’s Epee Individual, but she failed to advance to the next round. She lost to India’s Kharti by 11–15. Apart from Khatri, no other Indian fencer has advanced to the quarterfinals so far. In the men’s foiling individual, Dev and Bibish Kathiresan failed to advance to the quarterfinals. Fencing is a combat sport that involves swordfighting.
