India’s top gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been forced out of the upcoming Commonwealth Games owing to the career-threatening knee injury she picked up last year, her coach Bisweshwar Nandi said today.<\/p>\n
“She is not yet ready for a tournament like the Commonwealth Games. So, the target is to make her fully ready for the Asian Games (August 18-September 2),” Nandi told PTI.<\/p>\n
Karmakar, the first Indian female to compete in the Olympics where she finished a historic fourth in the women’s vault at the 2016 Rio Games, opted out of the CWG trials taking place at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here.<\/p>\n
The Gold Coast Games take place from April 4-15.<\/p>\n
“She is fit but needs more time to be competition-ready. I would not call it a setback and she has taken it very sportingly,” added the coach.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old had undergone an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery in April last year and is continuing to undergo a lengthy rehabilitation process. She has, however, started training, according to Nandi.<\/p>\n
The nature of the injury, which she picked up during a training camp, has not allowed her to compete since the Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n
She had scripted history at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in gymnastics in the mega-event.<\/p>\n
Karmakar had also secured a bronze in the 2015 Asian Championships.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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