Dipa 1st female Indian gymnast to enter Olympics
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar became the first female Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympic games as she cleared the final artistic gymnastics qualifier for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Karmakar, who hails from Tripura, is also the first Indian gymnast in 52 years to qualify for the Olympics. Notably, she had won a bronze medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.