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Fencing Nationals: For Indian fencers, sharing kits and equipment are thing of the past… well almost

Pune: As struggles of procuring equipment get relegated to nostalgia amongst reuniting athletes at Pune’s Balewadi stadium, the Fencing Nationals in India wear a slick look of professionalism. Days of shared kits aren’t completely in the past, but receding slowly as the various schemes of SAI, Khelo India, Universities, state governments and nonprofits equip fencers with up-to-date gear. Still, Ena Arora of Patiala recalls how Ajinkya Dudhere, her senior from Maharashtra, brought her the first proper blade. “In juniors we used to use Chinese weapons, which were highly inconsistent in flexibility but affordable. They used to be so hard, there would be marks on the neck and I’d get asked in school if someone had been violent towards me!” Arora remembers. “Whenever anyone got selected for ...