Indian gymnast scored 14,366 points to win Bronze
Bronze medal winner Dipa Karmakar of India smiles wearing her medal after the women's individual vault final in the artistic gymnastics competition at the Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre (Photo: AP)
Glasgow: Young Dipa Karmarkar on Thursday scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games after she bagged a bronze in the vault event here.
The 20-year-old from Tripura collected 14.366 points to finish third in the women's vault final at the SSE Hydro here.
The gold went to England's Claudia Fragapane who got 14.633 points while Elsabeth Black was second with 14.433 points. In the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Ashish Kumar became the first Indian gymnast to win a medal at the CWG by winning a silver in vault and bronze in floor events.
( Source : PTI )
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