NEW DELHI: Aruna Budda Reddy became the primary Indian gymnast to clinch an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne by securing bronze in the ladies's vault. Reddy, 22, scored 13.649 to complete at the back of gold medallist Tjasa Kysslef of Slovania and Emily Whitehead of Australia who took silver. The other Indian lady in rivalry, Pranati Nayak finished sixth with a score of 13.416.
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Reddy is a former black belt and Karate instructor. In 2005, Reddy received her first National medal which convinced her to absorb the sport. Reddy finished 14th at the qualification round of the Vault apparatus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and went one up with a ninth-place end at the Asian Games. Also, at the 2017 Asian Championships, Aruna finished on sixth position on Vault.
Aruna will even contest in the ultimate round of the floor event on Sunday. In other occasions, Rakesh Patra finished fourth in the men's rings event. He continues to be in the fray for the general round of the parallel bars.
Sixteen nations are that includes in the World Cup sequence event this yr across two days of qualification with the highest 8 teams athletes on each apparatus heading to the finals.
Indian gymnastics was put on the map when Ashish Kumar gave the rustic its first-ever gymnastics medal by profitable a bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Then six years later at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Dipa Karmakar became the primary Indian gymnast to qualify for Olympics in 52 years, the place she narrolky ignored out on a bronze medal.
Watch the medal rite underneath:
ALSO READ: Dipa Karmakar dominated out of Commonwealth Games
Reddy is a former black belt and Karate instructor. In 2005, Reddy received her first National medal which convinced her to absorb the sport. Reddy finished 14th at the qualification round of the Vault apparatus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and went one up with a ninth-place end at the Asian Games. Also, at the 2017 Asian Championships, Aruna finished on sixth position on Vault.
Aruna will even contest in the ultimate round of the floor event on Sunday. In other occasions, Rakesh Patra finished fourth in the men's rings event. He continues to be in the fray for the general round of the parallel bars.
Sixteen nations are that includes in the World Cup sequence event this yr across two days of qualification with the highest 8 teams athletes on each apparatus heading to the finals.
Indian gymnastics was put on the map when Ashish Kumar gave the rustic its first-ever gymnastics medal by profitable a bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Then six years later at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Dipa Karmakar became the primary Indian gymnast to qualify for Olympics in 52 years, the place she narrolky ignored out on a bronze medal.
Watch the medal rite underneath:
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Aruna creates history to win bronze at Gymnastics World Cup
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