Hindustan Times: Injury setbacks will not come in the way of ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar’s quest for excellence in the Produnova vault, also called the ‘vault of death’ for its level of difficulty.
Despite a none-too-impressive show at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, the “only way” for Dipa to make it to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo is through the Produnova vault.
The Tripura girl has set her sights on the 2019 World Championships, at Stuttgart, Germany from October 4 to 13, where she is hoping to qualify for the Olympics. However, Dipa is not quite sure of her participation at this year’s World Championships in Doha from October 25 to November 3 because of injury.
The top three men’s and women’s teams at the World Championships this year will qualify for the Olympics , while the top nine teams from the 2019 event — not including teams already qualified in 2018 — will also qualify for Tokyo.
Dipa’s coach Bisheshwar Nandi, though, is wary of her frequent injuries. Following the 2016 Rio Olympic Games high, where Dipa finished fourth, she suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury in her right knee and had to undergo surgery, forcing her to miss the Asian Championship, the World Championships in Canada and the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast.
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