With a commendable performance on Wednesday, Olympian Dipa Karmakar from Tripura returned to the National gymnastics scene.
Dipa Karmakar topped the all-round performance in the Senior Artistic Gymnastics National Championship 2023-24 with a total of 49.55 points .
The second place went to Pranati Das with 47 points, followed by Srishti Gan with 45.30 points, Karishma with 44.75 points, and Bidisha Gaye with 44.05 points.
Dipa, who is representing Tripura, cumulated a total of 49.55. She recorded 13.40 on Vault, 10.65 on Uneven Bars, 13.10 on Balance Beam and 12.40 on Floor Exercise.
Expressing her delight at topping the all-around category, Dipa Karmakar said, “I’m competing in Senior Nationals after eight years, I feel great about it, and I am really happy with my today’s performance. I’ll try to do well tomorrow as well, there will be competition on individual apparatus.”
“It’s really great to see the Gymnastics Centre here, and I’m sure it will produce a lot of Olympic and Asian Games Gymnasts. I would also like to thank the Odisha Government for building this Centre and creating that sports culture for the athletes.”
Railways’ Pranati Das (47.00) and Swastika Ganguly (45.30) finished second and third positions respectively in the all-around. Pranati recorded 12.80 on Vault, 10.60 on Uneven Bars, 11.50 on Balance Beam and 12.10 on Floor Exercise, while her teammate Swastika bagged 12.80 on Vault, 9.15 on Uneven Bars, 11.70 on Balance Beam and 11.65 on Floor Exercise.
Railways emerged champions in the women’s team category with 182.60 points.
Maharashtra finished in second position with 169.95, while West Bengal finished third with 166.80 points in the women’s category on the second day at the Gymnastics Centre in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. The hosts Odisha finished fourth with 164.65 points.
Sudhir Mital, president, Gymnastics Federation of India, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of today’s medal ceremony. (Edited)