High Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Sunday grew to become the primary from the nation to win a gold medal within the Asian Senior Championships as she clinched the yellow metallic within the girls’s vault occasion. The 30-year-old Dipa secured a mean of 13.566 within the vault ultimate on the final day of competitions in Uzbekistan’s capital metropolis.

North Koreans Kim Son Hyang (13.466) and Jo Kyong Byol (12.966) grabbed the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Dipa, who had completed fourth within the vault ultimate on the 2016 Rio Olympics, had received a bronze medal in the identical occasion within the 2015 version.

Ashish Kumar had a received bronze medal in particular person flooring train in 2015 Asian Championships. Pranati Nayak had additionally bagged a bronze every in vault occasion within the 2019 and 2022 editions.

Dipa, who returned to motion final yr after a 21-month suspension for a doping offence, is out of competition for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

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