Dipa Karmakar qualifies for Rio – and makes the final!
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Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar has excelled at a sport that has barely received attention in India. Born with flat feet, Karmakar had to overcome physical hurdles within her training before being able to reach the levels she has.
Encouraged by her father and coach Biseshwar Nandi, Karmakar practised day and night, first putting her skills on display at the global level at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won bronze.
Earlier this year, Karmakar became the first ever female gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, and the first Indian gymnast to participate at the games in over half a century.
Not only has Karmakar qualified, she has managed to go through to the finals of the vault, her pet event. She is one of only 5 women in the world to have landed the Produnova vault, a vault so dangerous it is called the ‘Death Vault’.
She will be in the finals of the event tomorrow.
