Dipa Karmakar

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First Indian woman gymnast at Olympics

In August 2016, The Times of India explained how the Produnova could be, if not fatal then capable of causing serious injury.

Dipa Karmakar becomes first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics

PTI | Apr 18, 2016

Highlights

• Dipa could not clinch an Olympic berth in the World Championships in November 2015 as she finished outside the podium.

• Dipa was earlier put as second reserve for the ongoing Olympic Test event in Rio.

• Dipa was informed in March 2016 that she had sneaked into the shortlist of participants.

RIO DE JANEIRO: Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics as she booked a berth for the Rio Games after a strong performance at the final qualifying and test event.

The 22-year-old garnered a total score of 52.698 points in the Olympics qualifying event to book a berth for artistic gymnastics in Rio Games to be held here in August.

Apart from being the first Indian woman, she will also be an Indian gymnast qualifying for the quadrennial extravaganza after 52 long years.

Since the independence of the country, 11 Indian male gymnasts have taken part in the Olympics (two in 1952, three in 1956 and six in 1964) but this will be the first for an Indian woman at the Olympics.

Dipa was listed as the 79th gymnast among individual qualifiers in the list of women's artistic gymnast who have qualified for the Rio Olympics.

Her first vault, the much difficult Produnova, gave Dipa 15.066 points, the highest among the 14 competitors. But a poor show in the uneven bars took her points down as she collected 11.700, the second worse among the 14 participants.

The Tripura girl secured 13.366 and 12.566 points in beam and floor exercises.

The 22-year-old could not clinch an Olympic berth in the World Championships in November 2015 as she finished outside the podium (fifth place).

She was earlier put as second reserve for the ongoing Olympic Test event in Rio but was informed last month that she had sneaked into the shortlist of participants.

Triumphs in 2014, 2015

Dipa had created history by becoming the first [Indian] woman gymnast to win a medal -- a bronze -- in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014. She then became the first Indian woman gymnast to feature in the finals of World Championships in November 2015.

The sport of gymnastics has been in turmoil in the country in the last few years with rival factions holding elections and claiming to be the national federation. Even the camps for the gymnasts has been held under the aegis of Sports Authority of India.