At the Senior Artistic Gymnastics National Championship held at the newly constructed Gymnastics Centre in Kalinga Stadium, Olympian Dipa Karmakar, representing Tripura, secured three medals. She won gold in the All-around, silver in Vault, and silver in Uneven Bars in the women’s competition.

Several other prominent gymnasts, including Pranati Das, Pranati Nayak, Rakesh Patra, and Gaurav Kumar, also won multiple medals at the event.

On the third day of the National Championship, Pranati Das from Railways won double gold in Uneven Bars and Floor Exercise, and finished second in the all-around women’s category. Her teammate, Pranati Nayak, won gold in Vault and bronze in Balance Beam.

Rakesh Kumar Patra from Odisha concluded the championship with a double gold in All-around and Rings, silver in Parallel Bars, and bronze in the Horizontal Bar event.

Gaurav Kumar, representing Services, secured four medals: bronze in All-around, gold in Floor Exercise, and two silver medals in Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bars.

Siddharth Verma from Railways won three medals: he finished second in All-around, won gold in Vault, and silver in Pommel Horse. Additionally, Yogeshwar from Haryana won gold in Horizontal Bar and bronze in Pommel Horse.

Results:

Senior Women:

Vault

Railways won two medals – Pranati Nayak recorded 13.067 points to clinch gold, while her teammate Protistha Samanta secured bronze, registering 12.350 points. Dipa Karmakar, who represented Tripura, finished in second position with 12.584 points.

Uneven Bars

Pranati Das from Railways topped with 10.433 points, Dipa finished second with 10.433 and Odisha’s Karishma finished third with 10.300.

Balance Beam

West Bengal’s Ritu Das clinched gold with a massive 13.167, while Maharashtra’s Riddhi Hatte won silver with 10.933 and Railway’s Pranati Nayak registered 10.433 to settle for bronze.

Floor Exercise

Railways’ Pranati Das finished in first place with 11.900 points, Tamil Nadu’s B. Aruna Reddy registered 11.867 to clinch silver and Maharashtra’s Shatakshi Takke won bronze with 11.533 points.

Senior Men:

Floor Exercise

Gaurav Kumar of Services won gold with 12.867 points. Odisha’s Jatin Kumar recorded 12.533 to clinch silver and S. Ruban Meitei from Manipur settled for bronze with 12.467 points.

Pommel Horse

Kerala’s Harikrishnan bagged gold with 13.133 points. Railways’ Siddharth Verma won silver with 13.033 points, while Haryana’s Yogeshwar settled for bronze, registering 12.400 points.

Rings

Odisha clinched gold and bronze medals with Rakesh Kumar Patra winning gold with 13.533 points, and Tapan Mohanty registered 13.167 points for bronze. Kerala’s Swathish KP won silver with 13.200 points.

Vault

Railways dominated as Siddharth Verma (13.134) bagged gold and Ujwal Naidu (13.050) won silver. Shreyas Chaudhary from Services finished third with 13.017 points.

Parallel Bars

Services bagged two medals – gold for Saif Tamboli with 13.900 and bronze for Gaurav Kumar with 13.333. Odisha’s Rakesh Kumar Patra won silver with 13.433 points.

Horizontal Bar

Haryana’s Yogeshwar recorded 13.000 to clinch gold, Gaurav from Services won silver with 12.300 and Odisha’s Rakesh Kumar Patra settled for bronze with 12.233 points.