Rio 2016 Olympics: Dipa Karmakar creates history, enters Gymnastics finals at Games

Dipa Karmakar created history after she became the first Indian to qualify for the apparatus finals of artistic Gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Olympics. First-time Olympian finished eighth in the qualification event of the Vaults and scored 14.850 to qualify. She could not repeat her performance in three other events, namely uneven bars, balancing beam and floor exercise. (Source: Reuters)

In a total of five subdivisions, the gymnasts tried to qualify by finishing in top eight. After three subdivisions, Karmakar finished sixth before the final round, though a strong performance from Canada saw her slip to eighth, which was the last position to qualify. (Source: PTI)

Dipa Karmakar's qualification depended on performances from gymnasts from USA, Japan, Canada and Russia. (Source: PTI)

Dipa Karmakar was more excited than concerned about performing the Produnova vault at the Rio Games. Karmakar scored 15.100 on the first vault through her Prodonova and later on her second the Tsukahara, with scored 14.860, with 6.000 for difficulty and scored 8.860 in execution. (Source: Reuters)

On the eve of India’s Independence Day, Dipa Karmakar will try to bring home a medal in Gymnastics, a sport the country has not tapped big. (Source: Reuters)

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.(Source: Reuters)

Dipa Karmakar is one of the five women that have successfully landed the very difficult Produnova vault in competition, also holding the highest score amongst all (15.100 ) in her attempt. (Source: Reuters)

Dipa Karmakar booked her berth for the Rio Games after putting up a strong performance at the final qualifying and test event. (Source: Reuters)