Day 2 of the Rio Olympics was again a mixed bag for India. On one hand, India created history when gymnast Dipa Karmakar qualified for the final round of the Individual vault finals and the Indian women’s hockey team marked a positive return to the Olympics after 36 years, with a well-fought draw against higher-ranked Japan, The Women’s Archery Team lost to Russia in Quarter Finals.
Dipa Karmakar’s historic feat has given India something to cheer about from the Rio Olympics after she became the first Indian to qualify for apparatus final of artistic gymnastics. This is the best show by an Indian at the gymnastics event in Olympics. Karmakar qualified for the finals after she averaged 14.850 in two vaults in the subdivision three of the vault event. In the first vault, in which she performed the dangerous Produnova, she scored 15.100 and in the second vault she performed Tsukahara and got a score of 14.866. Dipa secured 7.000 on difficulty and 8.1 on execution, in her first attempt. Her score for difficulty was a tad lower, at 6.000, in the second attempt. She landed low on her Produnova vault in the first attempt, while her second vault was a ‘Tsuk double full twist’ with a step to the side.
The Produnova is an extremely difficult vault to perform and only five female gymnasts have performed it with Karmakar being one of them. Russia’s Oksana Chusovitina, who is in her seventh Olympics, also qualified for the finals and she is also likely to perform her Produnova and give competition to Karmakar. She will be competing in the final on the eve of India’s Independence Day and will try to become India’s first ever medalist in Gymnastics.
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Here’s how the Twitter World Reacted on Dipa Karmakar’s Amazing Feat:
#DipaKarmakar Kamal ker diya🇮🇳 first ever gymnast to reach final #Rio2016 #ProudMoment
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) August 8, 2016
Its historic moment. For #DipaKarmakar to Qualify & then progressing to Final in Gymnastics is watershed moment in Indian Sports #Respect
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) August 8, 2016
Congratulations to #DipaKarmakar for her good performance at #Rio2016 #Olympics Best of luck for final. You make us proud
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 8, 2016
#Rio2016 #DipaKarmakar– 1st Indian to qualify for vault finals in #Olympics #RioOlympics2016 pic.twitter.com/tXj7IavjtH
— Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन (@Geeta_Mohan) August 8, 2016
Now this is history! #DipaKarmakar in the vault finals. Remember, an Indian woman gymnast hadn't been to the Olympics before! #Pioneer
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 8, 2016
Congratulations #DipaKarmakar for creating history by becoming the 1st Indian women to qualify for the vaults finals🙏Good luck👍 #Rio2016
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 8, 2016
#DipaKarmakar Qualified For The Vault Finals With Score of 14.850,Missed Out On Other Categories, Just Like #StarSports Missed To Show Her.
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadejaaaa) August 8, 2016
T 2341 – #DipaKarmakar .. they said they would show you but never did .. channels interested in the other country athletes ! Good luck
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 7, 2016
Tomorrow is Dipa's birthday. If she gets a medal, it will be biggest gift for her, ANI quotes #DipaKarmakar's father pic.twitter.com/LnpY2OxcqG
— Times of India (@timesofindia) August 8, 2016
Gymnast #DipaKarmakar made history (again) as the first Indian to qualify for the individu… https://t.co/pmviPMmiVC pic.twitter.com/Yr3LHXjmSL
— ELLE India (@ELLEINDIA) August 8, 2016
Applaud #DipaKarmakar courage for performing the vault that scares everyone else. 1st Indian gymnast in finals. https://t.co/0hN4wS2tWF
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) August 8, 2016
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#DipaKarmakar in the finals! 👍🏼👊🏽
Moment of pride. An Indian making her presence felt, in the up until now, unknown world for us: gymnastics— mandira bedi (@mandybedi) August 8, 2016
Off to bed. 2.30am now in Rio. Morning start with @Abhinav_Bindra taking stage and also @gaGunNarang today it was Dipa's day!! congrats
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) August 8, 2016
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