WATCH | #1 ranked South African fencer loses out on Olympics due to lack of funding

Although South Africa's Number 1 ranked sabre fencer, Nomvula Mbatha, 22, ended 2019 on a winning note, she could not showcase her talents on the world stage due to a lack of funding.

"The KZN national competition was hard for me because I was fencing a difficult opponent as she was left-handed, and this is unusual in sabre fencing. I even cried, I don't know what happened, but I won the competition," she said. But from 2015 to date, Mbatha has remained undefeated in the sabre fencing category. She has raked in so many medals, she has lost count.

The 22-year-old - who lives with her mother, two siblings and nieces - hopes fencing will afford her the opportunity to buy her family a home.

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