Aruna finishes 7th in floor event

Melbourne, Feb. 25: After clinching a historic bronze medal in vault at the Gymnastics World Cup, Aruna Budda Reddy on Sunday finished a lowly seventh in the final round of women’s floor event here.

Aruna had created history on Saturday by becoming the first Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup but the 22-yearold from Hyderabad couldn’t bring her best on Sunday as she scored 10.833 to finish in the seventh position.

Among others, Rakesh Patra also finished seventh in the final round of the parallel bars after scoring 13.433, 1.400 points behind gold medallist Xiaoming Wu of China.

Delhi Commonwealth Games and 2014 Asian Games bronze medallist Ashish Kumar also endured a difficult day as he finished eighth in the men’s vault event final round after scoring 13.583. Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan congratulated B. Aruna Reddy for clinching bronze medal at the Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne.

Narasimhan said Aruna had made the country proud by winning India’s first gymnastics World Cup Bronze Medal at Melbourne, a release issued from the Raj Bhavan said.

The Governor wished that Aruna will bring many more such medals for the country in the future.

The 22-year-old girl from Hyderabad couldn’t bring her best on Sunday as she scored 10.833 to finish at the seventh position in the floor event at the Gymnastics World Cup.

Among others, Rakesh Patra also finished seventh in the final round of the parallel bars after scoring 13.433, 1.400 points behind gold medallist Xiaoming Wu of China. Governor hails Aruna