Dipa Karmakar vaults to a bronze

Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal by taking bronze in the vault.

She finished with a score of 14.366 points through the two rounds of the competition — difficulty and execution — to gain the historic bronze behind England’s Claudia Fragapane and Canada’s Elsabeth Black.

The 20-year-old Indian had 13.633 points in Vault 1, the lowest out of eight competitors. However, in a remarkable comeback, Dipa scored a 15.100, the highest in Vault 2, to bring up her average to 14.366. 

While Fragapane finished with a score of 14.633, Black totalled 14.433 for the silver.

Ashish Kumar, who won two silvers in New Delhi, finished eighth with a score of 13.800 points in the men’s floor final.