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August 15, 2016April 16, 2022Race

Dipa Karmakar, India’s First Female Olympic Gymnast, Wows Vault Crowd in Rio

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At the Olympic women’s vault Sunday, most in Rio saw it as a foregone conclusion that American gymnast Simone Biles would win. Biles did indeed claim the gold, but the first person to finish out of the medals, Dipa Karmakar, also deserves acknowledgement. Karmakar, from India, finished with a score of 15.066, .15 back of the bronze medal....