Dipa Karmakar has become the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games. The 22-year-old, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow, secured her place in the artistic gymnastics competition at the Rio games last weekend.
She will become the first Indian gymnast to compete at an Olympic games for 52 years.
Her achievements have drawn nationwide acclaim, with India’s sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal praising her for taking gymnastics in the country to ‘a new high’.
0 comments: