HANGZHOU: Top seed Bhavani Devi couldn't control her anger after being controversially declared the loser in the quarterfinal of the women's sabre fencing event here on Tuesday. She didn't go for the customary handshake with her opponent-China's Shao Yaqi-after the end of her match, threw her sabre on the 'piste' (fencing mat) in rage before picking it up and then walked off the competition arena at the Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium with her coach without acknowledging the crowd.
Had Bhavani prevailed over 2018 Jakarta edition silver medallist Yaqi, she would have made history by becoming the first from the country to win a medal in fencing at the Asiad. But destiny had other plans.
