Dipa pulls out of team event as knee injury flares
Endorsements Star Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Wednesday pulled out of the artistic team finals of the ongoing Asian Games here after a career-threatening knee injury flared up again. “...there was risk of a dangerous injury, so she could not be her best. We will give her rest from the team event but she will definitely do well in (balancing) beam finals,” Dipa’s coach Bisweswar Nandi told PTI. Asked if competing in beam finals will affect the knee , Nandi said, “No, the landing is not hard on balancing beam.”
A sobbing Dipa blamed it on a jerk felt during the ‘podium practice’ and insisted she will strive to make up for the lost opportunity by shining in the balancing beam finals.
Dipa, who attained global fame attempting the death-defying ‘Produnova’ vault at a stage the 2016 Olympics for a fourth-place finish, could not even qualify for her pet event here.
“I felt a jerk during training. I could not do my best,” Dipa said. After the high of Rio, Dipa remained out of action due to a knee injury and had made a comeback only recently at the World Challenge Cup in Mersin Turkey, where she won a gold in vault. Nandi said she will consult Dr Anant Joshi, who is conducted her ACL surgery, after returning to India.
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WOMEN’S COMPOUND TEAM RANKED 2ND
The Indian women’s compound archery team qualified second for the Asian Games quarterfinals, pipped by powerhouse Korea in the ranking round, here on Thursday.
India were already through to the quarters with a first-round bye and the ranking round saw India end up in the bottom half with Korea in the upper half.
INDIAN MEN IN 4X100M FREESTYLE FINAL
The Indian men’s 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team, comprising Anshul Kothari, Sajan Prakash, Virdhawal Khade and Aaron Dsouza, clocked 3.25.17 minutes to top the Heat-1 charts and qualify for the finals on Wednesday.
The Chinese team topped the qualifications with a time of 3.17.30 minutes.
ROWING DUO REACHES SCULLS FINAL
Indian rowers Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh topped the repechage round in the men’s lightweight double sculls with a timing of 7:12.23 in the Asian Games on Thursday.
They qualified for the main A-final, and will now take a shot at winning a medal.
INDIAN SWIMMERS FAIL TO QUALIFY FOR FINALS
Indian swimmers Sandeep Sejwal, Sajan Prakash and Avinash Mani topped their respective heats but still failed to qualify for the finals.
Sejwal topped the 100m breaststroke heat with a timing of 62.07 while Prakash won his heat with a timing of 54.04 in men’s 100m butterfly. Mani won a two-man unseeded heat with a timing of 56.98 but none of the trio managed to make the cut for the finals.
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