Dipa Karmakar looks to secure Olympic berth with strong performances at Baku and Doha Artistic Gymnastics World Cups
FirstpostDipa Karmakar will look to secure an Olympic berth with “some good performances” at back-to-back Artistic Gymnastics World Cups in Baku and Doha New Delhi: India’s Dipa Karmakar will look to secure an Olympic berth with “some good performances” at back-to-back Artistic Gymnastics World Cups in Baku and Doha, beginning on Thursday. Dipa had claimed a bronze at the vault event of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, Germany in November 2018, to make a strong bid for her Olympic qualification. Although Dipa skipped the World Cup in Melbourne, she is now eyeing good outings at the two World Cups – Baku and Doha. While Dipa will be the only Indian hope at Baku World Cup, the country will SAI conducted a selection trial for the men gymnasts on Monday here and Karnataka’s Ujwal Naidu pipped seasoned Ashish Kumar in floor event to grab a berth, while Yogeshwar Singh of SSCB emerged on top in vault to qualify for the Doha event.