15 August,2016 12:38 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar missed out on a historic medal in the women's vault competition by a whisker as she finished a creditable fourth in the final of the Rio Olympic Games 2016
Shine on girl! Bollywood stars salute 'daredevil' Dipa Karmakar
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar missed out on a historic medal in the women's vault competition by a whisker as she finished a creditable fourth in the final of the Rio Olympic Games 2016.
Shine on girl! Bollywood stars salute 'daredevil' Dipa Karmakar
Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and several other Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to congratulate the athlete.
Here's what they tweeted:
Dipa Karmakar averaged 15.066 points to finish fourth at the Rio Olympic Arena on Sunday.
Simone Biles of the US won the gold with an average of 15.966, while Maria Paseka (15.253) of Russia and Switzerland's Giulia Steingrubber (15.216) took home the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Despite being disappointed at missing out on the medal, Dipa asserted that she is determined to train harder and do better at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
