FIG Apparatus World Cup: Pranati Nayak Claims Bronze Medal; Dipa Karmakar Finishes 5th

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Indian Gymnast Pranati Nayak won the bronze medal in the women's vault event at the FIG Apparatus World Cup in Cairo on Saturday (February 17). Her compatriot Dipa Karmakar finished outside the medal position at fifth.

Pranati Nayak scored a point haul of 13.616 to claim the last podium spot while Dipa Karmakar managed 13.383 points in the eight-athlete final. North Korea's An Chang-Ok snatched the gold with a score of 14.233.

Bulgarian gymnast Valentina Georgieva took home the silver. She had the same points (13.616) as Pranati but finished ahead of the Indian on technicality. Pranati, thus, became only third Indian woman to win a medal at the FIG World Cup after Aruna Budda Reddy (2018) and Dipa (2018).

In the qualification round, Dipa had finished ahead of Pranati Nayak. Dipa had scored an aggregate of 13.449 points to finish third in the qualification round while Pranati qualified for the final after finishing seventh with a score of 13.166 on Friday.

The Cairo event is the first of four legs of the FIG Apparatus World Cup 2024 series. Points from the best three performances across the four legs will be considered.
The two highest-ranked gymnasts per gender for each apparatus, provided they have not already made the cut, will qualify for the Paris Olympics.

The remaining three legs will be held in Cottbus, Germany (February 22 to 25), Baku, Azerbaijan (March 7 to 10) and Doha, Qatar (April 17 to 20).

-With inputs from PTI