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CAN ONE HOPE TOKYO 2020 BE DIFFERENT ? As the curtains came down on   the world's greatest sports extravaganza here, India goes back with one silver medal and one bronze -- consolation prizes for a nation of 1.3 billion people amidst dashed hopes of improving on London Olympics of four years ago, when six medals were won. In the beginning, top officials of the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) were hopeful that India would reach a double-digit in medals, an assumption which got shattered in the first few days here when athlete after athlete either did not qualify, or came up just short of a medal. It was women power, though, which saved everyone here, and the nation, deep blushes as at one stage it appeared the Indian contingent would go home empty handed. Sakshi Malik from Haryana won the bronze medal in women's wrestling and was given the honour to be the flag-bearer at the closing ceremony. P.V. Sindhu from Hyderabad ...

POLE STAR OF INDIA - GYMNASTIC GIRL  DIPA KARMAKAR BORN 1993 AUGUST 9 - WINS Dipa Karmakar (born 9 August 1993, Agartala) is an Indian artistic gymnast who hails from Tripura.She represents India at the international circuit. She rose to recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, held at Glasgow becoming the first Indian female gymnast to do so in the history of the games.[1] 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.[2] She also won a bronze at the Asian Gymnastics Championships and finished fifth at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, both a first for her country. These achievements have established her as the most successful gymnast from India.[3] In April 2016, Karmakar became the first female Indian gymnast ever to secure an Olympic berth by garnering a total s...

RIO OLYMPIC 2016 - INDIA DIPA KARMAKAR -GYMNASTIC PLAY- ONLY INDIAN DURING PAST 52  YEARS Karmakar became the first ever female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics when she qualified for the women's  artistic gymnastics  event of  2016 Summer Olympics . [16] She will be the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics in 52 years Dipa Karmakar —  Gymnast  — Country represented   India Born 9 August 1993  (age 22) Belonia ,  Tripura ,  India Height 4 ft 11 in (150 cm) Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics Level Senior International Elite Head coach(es) Biswaswar Nandi Medal record [hide] Representing    India Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Vault Asian Championships 2015 Hiroshima Vault Rio de Janeiro:  Indian gymnast  Dipa Karmakar  remained in the hunt for a place in the Olympic vault finals after finishing sixth in the qualifier...