According to Nandi, these cancellations and postponement have disturbed Karmakar’s Olympics ambitions as it is mandatory to compete in three Olympic qualifiers (World Cups) to achieve the points.

In April 2017, Karmakar had an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery in Mumbai and had to skip the Asian Championships in Thailand in May last year.

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar has injured her knee during the vault final the Baku Artistic Gymnastics World Cup. Now the injury has forced her to withdraw from next week’s Doha World Cup. It is being said that the injury may jeopardize the prospects of her Olympic qualification too. She finished last after deciding not to take her second attempt. The […]

One of our favourite childhood toys is redecorated and how! On the 60th anniversary of Barbie, the makers released a new line of dolls to honour female role models globally, and Dipa Karmakar is on that list too! Barbie has always shown girls that they can be anything!! On the occasion of her 60th anniversary, I […]

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Tuesday cleared Dipa Karmakar’s participation in the upcoming World Cups at Baku and Doha. “On taking notice of the pendency of clearance of Gymnastics team for the World Cups, SAI acted swiftly and immediately approval for clearance of the contingent for the Olympic Qualification World Cup events,” Riyaz […]

The first Indian woman gymnast at Olympics 2016, Dipa Karmakar has come a long way. The 24-year-old put the spotlight on a sport that has largely remained underrepresented where Indians are concerned. However, since she underwent a surgery in 2017, Dipa has been away from the thick of things. The gymnast came back full throttle in July 2018 when she became […]

You know her as the first Indian woman Gymnast at Olympics 2016, but since then Dipa Karmakar  has come a long way. The 24-year-old put the spotlight on a sport discipline that we had never thought we even participated in. The ongoing Jakarta Asian Games will see her representing the country once again. Dipa has been away […]

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who made headlines after coming fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is all set to make a comeback in the Asian Games, 2018. Dipa has been away from tournament since she underwent a surgery last year for an Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear of her right knee, reported Indian Express. Padma Shri Award […]

Still recovering from a surgery, Gymnast Dipa Karmakar is now eyeing Asian Games glory. “I would say she is about 90 per cent fit now. She will start taking full load from next month onwards,” her coach Bisweshwar Nandi told PTI. Dipa won accolades at the Rio Olympics for performing the ‘vault of death’ — the Produnova. The category is indeed […]

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who won accolades at the Rio Olympics for performing the ‘vault of death’ — the Produnova, is skipping the World Gymnastics Championships as she is recovering slowly from a knee surgery.