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Indian Gymnast Dipa Karmakar announces retirement

She is the first female gymnast from India to compete at the Olympics. She is among the five women to have succesfully landed the Produnava Vault, which is considered one of the most difficult in gymnastics

She has won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships. She finished fourth at the vault event at 2016 Rio Olympics.

Dipa Karmakar is also a recipent of the Padma Shri and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awards.