TIWN Aug 9, 2016
AGARTALA, Aug 9 (TIWN): Wishing Dipa Karmakar, the first Indian Women gymnast good luck TMC Leaders on Tuesday congratulated her for her success in the Rio Olympic and hope for her success in the finals too.
It is to be mentioned here that Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic finals at the Rio Olympic Centre here.
The 22-year-old qualified for the final round in the individual vault final of artistic gymnastics after finishing eighth on the standings on Sunday.
Competing in the third sub-division, Dipa had an average score of 51.665.
In uneven bars, Dipa scored 7.166 for execution and 4.5 for difficulty. In balance beam, she scored 7.566 for execution and 5.3 for difficulty while in floor exercises her scores read 7.133 for execution and 5.2 for difficulty with a penalty of 0.3.
By time she finished, Dipa was sixth in vaults and 27th overall and had to endure a nervous wait of five hours for the other two sub-divisions to finish. The top eight qualify for the final.
After creating history by becoming the first Indian Gymnast to qualify for the olympics Dipa Karmakar has clinched the gold in vaults finals at the test event of the Rio Games.
This event unknown to many was held earlier this year in Rio. She has been termed as a medal prospect for India in the upcoming Olympics.
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