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Dipa Karmakar in action (Credit: X)
Dipa Karmakar became the first from the country to win a gold medal in the Asian Senior Championships.
Dipa Karmakar bagged the historic gold medal at the Asian Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Championship in Tashkent on Sunday to become the first Indian to achieve the feat.
In the final of the individual vault, karmakar finished at the top among eight gymnasts with an average score of 13.566. In both her attempts, the 30-year-old received identical scores of 13.566.
North Koreans Kim Son Hyang (13.466) and Jo Kyong Byol (12.966) bagged the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Earlier, Karmakar won the bronze medal in same event in Hiroshima in 2015.
She became a household name in the country after finishing fourth in the vault final at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Karmakar also bagged a bronze medal in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Ashish Kumar had a won bronze medal in individual floor exercise in 2015 Asian Championships. Pranati Nayak had also bagged a bronze each in vault event in the 2019 and 2022 editions.
Dipa, who returned to action last year after a 21-month suspension for a doping offence, is out of contention for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
(With inputs from Agencies)
