Twitteratti hail Dipa Karmakar as she creates history at Rio Olympics 2016

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8: Indian woman gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history last night as she became the first woman from India to qualify for the finals at the Rio Olympics 2016.

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Dipa, 22 finished 8th in the qualifying rounds to make it to the finals of the competition. A medal in the finals would be just the icing on the cake for the girl from Tripura.

As Dipa makes history at Rio de Janeiro, celebrities and Indian fans around the world took Twitter to congratulate and laud her.

Here are some of the Tweets praising Dipa Karmakar:

Now this is history! #DipaKarmakar in the vault finals. Remember, an Indian woman gymnast hadn't been to the Olympics before! #Pioneer

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 8, 2016

Congratulations to #DipaKarmakar for becoming first Indian gymnast to qualify for the vault finals at #Olympics Wishing her all the best.

— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) August 8, 2016

T 2341 - #DipaKarmakar .. they said they would show you but never did .. channels interested in the other country athletes ! Good luck

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 7, 2016

Many Congratulations to #DipaKarmakar for qualifying for the #RioOlympics2016 Gymnastics - the first Indian to do so!! 🎉💪🏻

— soha ali khan (@sakpataudi) August 8, 2016

#DipaKarmakar Kamal ker diya🇮🇳 first ever gymnast to reach final #Rio2016 #ProudMoment

— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) August 8, 2016

Superb achievement by #DipaKarmakar to make it to the final. Eager to watch the final! 👏👏👍👍

— Parupalli Kashyap (@parupallik) August 8, 2016

Congratulations #DipaKarmakar for creating history by becoming the 1st Indian women to qualify for the vaults finals🙏Good luck👍 #Rio2016

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 8, 2016

#DipaKarmakar has given India a reason for joy. Best of luck for the finals.

— BS Bassi (@BhimBassi) August 8, 2016

#DipaKarmakar in the vault finals at #Rio2016.Any Indian woman gymnast hadn't been to Olympics anytime before #Proud #Breaking #Stereotypes

— ShainaNC (@ShainaNC) August 8, 2016

Proud of Dipa Karmakar on making the finals of artistic gymnastics. Don't be satisfied yet, one more push & medal could be ours...HISTORY

— GGF (@GautamGambhir) August 8, 2016

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