Rio 2016 Olympics: Dipa Karmakar creates history first Indian to make apparatus finals of artistic Gymnastics

The historic day for Dipa Karmakar and India has finally arrived. The Indian will compete in the gymnastics on Sunday in the uneven bars category. She is India’s first female gymnast to qualify for the quadrennial mega event after 52 years.

Karmakar has set the standards of gymnastics very high in India. Apart from called the ‘World Class Gymnast’ by the world body, she is one of the five women that have successfully landed the very difficult Produnova vault in competition, also holding the highest score amongst all (15.100 ) in her attempt.

610 hrs IST: THERE IT IS! HISTORY FOR INDIA! DIPA KARMAKAR becomes first Indian to make apparatus finals of artistic Gymnastics

0600 hrs IST: Canada’s Shallon Olsen does two and half twists to score 15.300. This is one of toughest vaults of the day

0547 hrs IST: Canada’s world finalist Brittany Rogers does a 14.666 on 1st vault

0543 hrs IST: Three Canada gymnasts to go in next each attempting two vaults to get into final. Dipa still 7th

0536 hrs IST: Mexico’s Moreno stumbles a tad off the mat on her first vault. Scores 14.400. Second vault is for 14.633. She is out of finals race after finishing 10th

0528 hrs IST: Scary landing from Cuban first up, she staggered close to table. Second vault stuck

0520 hrs IST; Miyakawa 11th after averaging 14.366. Not in finals contention. Next Vidiaux and Moreno. Dipa still 7th

0505 hrs IST: Japan’s Sae Miyakawa 1st vault 14.966. Average of two vaults considered

0500 hrs IST: Everyone else does just 1 vault, but the remaining 6 gymnasts (mentioned below) will do the mandatory two attempts needed for vault final

0455 hrs IST: Japan to go on vaults now. Sae Miyakawa their vaulting specialist. Dipa currently seventh in standings with last sub division starting

0435 hrs IST: This is the runway Dipa Karmakar will compete given she makes the final

0417 hrs IST: American gymnasts have steadfastly rejected the Produnova and Simone Biles 16.050 is a vindication of their belief that they don’t need a risk vault to win gold

0416 hrs IST: The Produnova, a move that Karmakar banks on, might be devalued to below 7.0 after this Olympics
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