The much appreciated ‘Produnova’ vaulter has made history by becoming the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round here.
The Tripura-girl, Dipa Karmakar, became the country’s first woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics. She managed to perform the vault cleanly that secured her 14.850 points after two attempts. She had ended sixth after the third of five subdivisions.
She was eventually dropped to the 8th position after Canadian Shallon Olsen’s terrific effort of 14.950 rejigged the overall standings.
The finals are scheduled for August 14 as the top-8 made the cut for the medal round.
Dipa has secured 7.000 on difficulty and 8.1 on execution in her first attempt. Her score for difficulty was a bit lower at 6.000 on the second attempt. In her first attempt of Produnova vault, she landed low on, while her second vault was a ‘Tsuk double full twist’ with a step to the side.
Three-time world all-around champion Simone Biles topped the charts with a sensational score of 16.050. The American scored a brilliant 9.700 on execution in both her attempts. Second in the rankings was North Korea’s Jong Un Hong, who was far behind securing 15.683 followed by Switzerland’s Giulia Steingruber (15.266).
In the other routines, Dipa secured 11.666 for her effort on the uneven bars, scoring low on difficulty but decent on execution. Later, Dipa scored 12.866 for her performance on the balance beam. The floor exercise fetched Dipa a score of 12.033, which also included a 0.300 penalty.
Dipa was also the first Indian woman gymnast to win a Commonwealth Games medal. She stood a poor 47th in the all-around standings with a combined score of 51.665.
The eight gymnasts with the highest individual scores in each apparatus move on to compete for an individual event title in that apparatus.
