Dipa Karmakar creates history at Rio 2016 Olympics: Who said what on Twitter

Dipa Karmakar creates history, as she finishes eighth in the qualification event of the Vaults and scored 14.866 to qualify.

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India’s lone gymnast- Dipa Karmakar will compete in the final on August 14. (Source: Reuters)

India’s Dipa Karmakar created history on Monday after she became the first Indian to qualify for the apparatus finals of artistic Gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Karmakar, who hails from Tripura, finished eighth in the qualification event of the Vaults and scored 14.866 to qualify. She could not repeat her performance in three other events, namely uneven bars, balancing beam and floor exercise. Though Karmakar was sixth before the final round, a strong performance from Canada saw her slip to eight but that was the last position to qualify.

Many Congratulations to #DipaKarmakar for qualifying for Vaults. Make India Proud. #ArtisticGymnastics #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/EEkf7kF01m

— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) 8 August 2016

#Rio2016 congratulations #DipaKarmakar on making history in artistic gymnastics. Best of luck for finals… pic.twitter.com/GIHJrohDwj

— Kuldeep Bishnoi (@bishnoikuldeep) 8 August 2016

Now this is history! #DipaKarmakar in the vault finals. Remember, an Indian woman gymnast hadn’t been to the Olympics before! #Pioneer

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 8 August 2016

Proud of Dipa Karmakar on making the finals of artistic gymnastics. Don’t be satisfied yet, one more push & medal could be ours…HISTORY

— GGF (@GautamGambhir) 8 August 2016

Congratulations #DipaKarmakar for creating history by becoming the 1st Indian women to qualify for the vaults finals🙏Good luck👍 #Rio2016

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) 8 August 2016

T 2341 – #DipaKarmakar .. they said they would show you but never did .. channels interested in the other country athletes ! Good luck

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) 7 August 2016

Now you see her now you don’t. 😞 Seriously @StarSportsIndia ?#DipaKarmakar

— mandira bedi (@mandybedi) 7 August 2016

Kudos to #DipaKarmakar for first dreaming and then doing the impossible (as many would surely have told her). You are a champion already.

— Vivek (@vivx) 8 August 2016

#DipaKarmakar in the vault finals at #Rio2016.Any Indian woman gymnast hadn’t been to Olympics anytime before #Proud #Breaking #Stereotypes

— ShainaNC (@ShainaNC) 8 August 2016

#Rio2016 Congratulations #DipaKarmakar on making history in #ArtisticGymnastics .Good luck for finals. #GoForGold pic.twitter.com/6f56jaXnrc

— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) 8 August 2016