Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics.
The 22-year-old garnered a total score of 52.698 points at the final qualifier and Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janiero.
The International Federation of Gymnastics (Federation Internationale de Gymnastique) has confirmed Dipa’s Rio Games qualification in its official release.
“Following the Women’s Qualification Competition at the Gymnastics Test Event in Rio, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) herewith confirms the list of nations and individual gymnasts that have qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games,” the world body said in its release.
Dipa has been 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. She secured 13.366 and 12.566 points in beam and floor exercises.
Deepak Kagra, an international referee, said, “It was a very good score from Dipa and we were certain that she would qualify. Now the world body has published the names of the gymnasts who have qualified for the Olympics and her name is there. The gymnastics community is proud of Dipa’s achievements.” .
Reactions:
A proud moment for Tripura..Great milestone.Dipa Karmakar is an exception to billions of Indians and high talent pool..congrats
— ankita verma (@ankitaverma45) April 18, 2016
Go Dipa Karmakar!! Great stuff!
— Aditto (@aditto) April 18, 2016
splendor for Indian sports_Dipa Karmakar-gymnast from Tripura became the 1st Indian to qualify for the #RioOlympics pic.twitter.com/7S72lsbAU5
— Dhanraj Nathwani (@DhanrajNathwani) April 18, 2016
Fantastic from Dipa Karmakar.First ever indian gymnast to make to the olympics. Well done. Asiad bronze, final in world’s and now rio. Super
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 18, 2016
Congrats!!! Dipa Karmakar !!!
You have done the nation proud.#1stIndianWomanGymnastToQualifyForOlympics— PUNdit (@PunDastic) April 18, 2016
