Pranati Nayak’s victory over Dipa Karmakar in the Vault final on Thursday caught the eye in the National Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the newly built gymnastics facility in the Kalinga Stadium Complex in Bhubaneswar. The 28-year-old Pranati Nayak is a two-time Asian bronze medallist and was India’s sole competitor in the Asian Games gymnastics competition last year.
Railways’ Pranati Nayak, a 2020 Olympian, averaged 13.067 points for her two vaults, securing 13.300 and 12.833 respectively. Dipa Karmakar (Tripura) averaged 12.584 after scoring 12.700 and 12.467 respectively. Interestingly, both Pranati Nayak and Dipa Karmakar had scored 13.40 on vault in the all-around final on Wednesday.
Dipa Karmakar marked her return to the National Championships with a victory in the all-around competition on Wednesday.
The results:-
Men:
All-Around: 1. Rakesh Patra (Odisha) 75.05 points (12.15 Floor, 11.35 Pommel Horse, 14.15 Rings, 12.75 Vault, 12.20 Parallel Bars, 12.45 Horizontal Bars); 2. Siddharth Verma (Railways) 74.74; 3. Gaurav Kumar (Services) 74.65.
Floor Exercise: 1. Gaurav Kumar (Services) 12.867 points; 2. Jatin Kumar (Odisha) 12.533; 3. S Ruban Meitei (Manipur) 12.467.
Pommel Horse: 1. Harikrishnan (Kerala) 13.13; 2. Siddharth Verma (Railways) 13.033; 3. Yogeshwar (Haryana) 12.400.
Rings: 1. Rakesh Kumar Patra (Odisha) 13.53; 2. Swathish KP (Kerala) 13.200; 3. Tapan Mohanty (Odisha) 13.167.
Vault: 1. Siddharth Verma (Railways) 13.134; 2. Ujwal Naidu (Railways) 13.050; 3. Shreyas Chaudhary (Services) 13.017.
Parallel Bars: 1. Saif Tamboli (Services) 13.900; 2. Rakesh Kumar Patra (Odisha) 13.433; 3. Gaurav Kumar (Services) 13.333.
Horizontal Bar: 1. Yogeshwar (Haryana) 13.000; 2. Gaurav (Services) 12.300; 3. Rakesh Kumar Patra (Odisha) 12.233.
Team: 1. Railways (Siddharth Verma, Ujwal Naidu, Abhilekh Parashar and Shyan Sharma) 293.00; 2. Services 292.10; 3. Odisha 290.40.
Women:
All-Around: 1. Dipa Karmakar (Tripura) 49.55 points (13.40 Vault, 10.65 Uneven Bars, 13.10 Balance Beam, 12.40 Floor Exercise); 2. Pranati Das (Railways) 47.00; 3. Swastika Ganguly (Railways) 45.30.
Floor Exercise: 1. Pranati Das (Railways) 11.900 points; 2. B Aruna Reddy (Tamil Nadu) 11.867; 3. Shatakshi Takke (Maharashtra) 11.533.
Vault: 1. Pranati Nayak (Railways) 13.067; 2. Dipa Karmakar (Tripura) 12.584; 3. Protistha Samanta (Railways) 12.350.
Uneven Bars: 1. Pranati Das (Railways) 10.433; 2. Dipa Karmakar (Tripura) 10.433; 3. Karishma (Odisha) 10.300.
Balance Beam: 1. Ritu Das (West Bengal) 13.167; 2. Riddhi Hatte (Maharashtra) 10.933; 3. Pranati Nayak (Railways) 10.433.
Team: 1. Railways (Pranati Das, Swastika Ganguly, Bidisha Gayen, Protishta Samanta) 182.60; 2. Maharashtra 169.65; 3. West Bengal 166.80.
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