Dipa Karmakar returned to the scene of her biggest breakthrough in international gymnastics — the SECC Hydro in Glasgow where she won the Commonwealth Games bronze last year — to total a 14.900 on the Vault and was at sixth position in qualifying with just one sub-division to go. [related-post] Donning a golden yellow leotard, the Indian was inching closer to a maiden spot in the finals of the World Championship on the day of the all around qualifications at the time of going to press. Dipa scored a 15.100 on her first jump — the Produnova, with 8.1000 for her execution, the best for this particular vault at the championships. It was her Vault 2 where the highly talked of Indian gymnast had changed her routine going for the Tsukahara 720 turns, with an aim to increase her overall scores. On a difficulty of 6.000, Dipa scored a 8.700 to finish with 14.700. “Some form issues and a step, but overall good,” the-allaround.com said about Dipa’s routine.Prior to the qualification, coach Bisweshwar Nandi had said that they had altered the second vault. “We’re looking for a higher difficulty on both her vaults. She will create history for Indian gymnastics if she qualifies for the Olympics.” American Simone Biles led with a total score of 15.633.
