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WATCH: The moment Dipa Karmakar clinched Rio Olympics berth

Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympics and first overall since 1964.

dipa karmakar, dipa, karmakar, dipa karmakar gymnastics, gymnastics india, athletics, athletics india, rio india, rio 2016 india, rio 2016 india athletes Dipa Karmakar won a medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games – the first Indian to do so in gymnastics. (Express photo by Oinam Anand)

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar qualified for Rio Olympics in the Test event with a score of 52.698 in the four apparatus events and finished inside the top 29 to book her ticket to Brazil.

WATCH: Dipa’s winning moment

READ: Dipa Karmakar creates history

In the Produnova event, she scored 15.066 against the highest of 15.100 to seal her fate in the competition.

VIDEO: Dipa Karmakar clinches Rio berth (App users click here)

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