New Delhi : Most sensible Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Sunday turned into the rustic’s first athlete to win a gold medal on the Asian Senior Championships, bagging the yellow medal within the girls’s vault tournament.The 30-year-old averaged 13.566 within the vault ultimate at the remaining day of competitions within the Uzbekistan capital.
North Korea’s Kim Son Hyang (13.466) and Jo Kyong-byol (12.966) gained the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Dipa, who had completed fourth within the vault ultimate on the 2016 Rio Olympics, had gained a bronze medal in the similar tournament within the 2015 version.
Ashish Kumar gained the bronze medal within the particular person flooring workout on the 2015 Asian Championships. Pranati Nayak additionally gained the bronze medal within the vault tournament on the 2019 and 2022 editions.
Dipa, who returned to motion remaining 12 months after a 21-month suspension because of a doping offence, is out of the race for the approaching Paris Olympics.
