Gymnast Dipa Karmakar Goes Medal-Less at the Asian Games
Dipa Karmakar finished fifth in the women’s balance beam event final with a score of 12.500 on Friday.
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who finished fourth at the Rio Olympics, went medal-less at the Asian Games. The 25-year-old finished fifth in the women’s balance beam final with a score of 12.500 on Friday.
China's Yile Chen secured the gold medal after scoring 14.600. North Korea's Su Jong Kim clinched silver while the Chinese Jin Zhang settled for bronze.
Karmakar had failed to qualify for the vault final on Tuesday as India booked a berth in the title round of the team competition.
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Dipa finished eighth in her pet event's qualification round with a score of 13.225. She could not qualify in the vault final as her two compatriots Pranati Nayak (13.425) and Aruna Budda Reddy (13.350) finished above her at sixth and seventh respectively. Only two competitors from a country can qualify for the final round.
Fang Ko-Ching (13.050) of Chinese Taipei, who finished below Dipa at ninth, benefited from 'two from one country rule' as she made it to the finals. Yeo Seojeong of South Korea topped the vault chart with a score of 14.450.
Dipa made it to the balance beam final after finishing seventh with a score of 12.750. Chen Yile of China finished on top in the qualification round with a score of 14.800. Top eight competitors from the qualification round qualified for the final.
In the team competition, India finished seventh in the qualification to make it to the final round.
Forced to compete without Dipa Karmakar, the Indian women's gymnasts finished seventh in the team event final. In the absence of Dipa, who pulled out of team event final after her old knee injury flared up again, the Indians slipped down the order quite early in the proceedings. They eventually finished just ahead of hosts Indonesia in the eight-team final with a score of 138.050.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS)
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