Gymnastic Federation Of India

Dipa Karmakar aggravates knee injury during vault final at Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, to skip Doha event

Dipa Karmakar's hope of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics suffered a jolt after she aggravated her knee injury during the vault final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup on Saturday, forcing her to withdrew from next week's Doha World Cup.

Artistic Gymnastics World Cup: India's Dipa Karmakar qualifies for Vault final; B Aruna Reddy suffers knee injury

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar qualified for the Vault Finals but B Aruna Reddy suffered a knee injury to end her campaign in disappointment at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Not participating in World Championship will affect our Olympic preparations, says top gymnast Rakesh Patra

Gymnast Rakesh Patra said, "Next year there is the qualifying event (World Championships in Stuttgart) for 2020 Tokyo Games and if this issue continues it will affect our chances. It will affect India's reputation in the global stage."

Politics and indifference: Dipa Karmakar had to vault more than just her opponents for Olympics qualification

A gold medal and qualifying for the Olympic Games seemed even harder for Dipa Karmakar. She had to fight not only her opponents and her aching body, but also dirty sport politics, indifference of authorities, and lack of infrastructure and funds.