Dipa Karmakar nails Produnova, but misses out on bronze medal by a whisker

Karmakar’s final score of 15.066 gave her the fourth position in the final. Her first vault fetched her 14.866 points but her Produnova gave her 15.266. She was second after her two vaults but Russia and USA were the last to go and that pushed Karmakar out of the top three position.

The Indian gymnast’s first vaults had a score of 6.000 in difficulty and 8.866 in execution and that made her a strong contender for a medal.
In the second vault, the Produnova, the difficult points were 7.000 but the execution gave her 8.266 points. She occupied the second position after the vaults.
Karmakar had created history when she became the first Indian to qualify for the apparatus finals. She had finished eighth in the qualification event of the Vaults with a score of 14.850 to qualify.

This capped another dismal day for India at the Rio Games as it failed to open their medal account with only for six days left.

Star badminton player Saina Nehwal crashed out of Games after losing her second game in group stage and later tennis mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna lost their bronze medal play-off.

Dipa Karmakar’s final: As it happened 

In hockey, India lost 3-1 to Belgium in the quarter-finals to crash out of the Olympics. Boxer Manoj Kumar also bowed out of the Games after his pre-quarters loss.

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