Asian Games 2018: Dipa disappoints in balance beam final

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who restrained from competing in the women’s gymnastics artistic team final in order to focus more balance beam final suffered a disappointing fifth-place finish at the 18^th Asian Games in Jakarta on Friday.

The 25-year-old, who had also suffered a right knee injury during the qualification training scored 12.500 in the final to miss out on a medal.

China’s Yile Chen topped the podium with a score of 14.600, while North Korea’s Su Jong Kim won the silver. Jin Zhang of China settled for the bronze.

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Meanwhile in the boxing veteran Manoj Kumar progressed into the next round, while Gaurav Solanki was knocked out. Manoj and Gaurav, who were the only two Indian boxers not given a bye in the opening round of 32, played their respective bouts on Friday.

The 2010 Commonwealth Gold medallist Manoj thrashed Sangay Wangdi of Bhutan 5-0 in the men’s Welterweight (69kg) category. But Gaurav was knocked out after losing to Japan’s Tanaka Ryomei 5-0 in the Flyweight (52) category.

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While Manoj used all his experience and skills to ease into the next round, Gaurav failed to replicate his gold-winning performance at the CWG earlier this year at Gold Coast.

31-year-old Manoj will next face Kyrgyzstan’s Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov in the round of 16 clash on Sunday.