India’s current woman gymnast Dipa Karmakar from Tripura has off late headlined India following her recent qualification for the ongoing Rio Olympics 2016, and also becoming the first gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympic Games, as she turns 23 on August 9, and celebrates her birthday amidst her tight schedule and high concentration for her Olympic campaign, as he prepares to get set and compete in the final stage of the vault, where she qualified on a convincing note, and is set to perform Produnova, the vault of death, which is also known to be one of the toughest gymnastic vault, and is rarely performed by athletes around the world. Rio Olympics 2016 LIVE Updates, Day 4
Dipa is mostly famous for her classic gymnastic skills, as she rose to fame during the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014, where she won a bronze medal and also became the first Indian female gymnast to win a medal in the event till date. She is also one of the five women to have performed the difficult vault of death, known as Predunova, successfully in the Games, while she also holds the highest score amongst all. She also won a bronze during the Asian Gymnastics Championships and during the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished in the fifth spot. Following these success, she has been considered as the best Indian gymnast till date and is a top draw for a medal in the Rio Olympics 2016. 2016 Rio Olympics India Schedule Day 4
| 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | ||||||||||
| Round | Rank | Total | Score 1 | Difficulty | Execution | Penalty | Score 2 | Difficulty | Execution | Penalty |
| Qualification | 7 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 7 | 8.1 | 0 | 14.7 | 6 | 8.7 | 0 |
| Final | 5 | 14.683 | 15.3 | 7 | 8.3 | 0 | 14.066 | 6 | 8.366 | -0.3 |
Dipa came up with a world class performance in the Olympic qualifiers, as he became the first India woman gymnast to qualify in the mega event. she is also the first Indian woman to qualify for gymnastics in 52 years. GoSports Foundation is currently the sponsor for Dipa, especially during her Rio Olympics 2016 campaign. As of now, she is in a tremendous form and has high prospects to win a medal for India, if she executes Predunova perfectly, which as discussed above is a difficult vault to perform. However she has explained that she has practiced hard and more or less mastered the vent.
[Source:- India]
