Tokyo Olympics postponed, this player hopes for the best
Tokyo Olympics postponed, this player hopes for the best
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The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics has raised a ray of hope for Indian gymnast Deepa Karmakar, who has been preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to qualify for the Olympics. Missed. Dipa, who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, underwent knee surgery in 2017 and his comeback in 2018 was short-lived as the injury again troubled him at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku last year. She also had to withdraw from Doha World and could not recover in time for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in October in 2019.

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Deepa said that there were eight World Cups, but now only two are left which were to be done in March but due to Coronavirus, they have now been postponed till June. He said that in view of the current situation, these will probably happen next year. This will give me a lot of time to recover and to prepare for these two tournaments.

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Due to the Kovid-19, the Tokyo Olympic Games had to be postponed until next year. Deepa said that I will give my best to return to the form and hope that I can do well and qualify. But the most important thing at this time is that we defeat this coronavirus, that is the first priority. Dipa's coach Bishweshwar Nandi also said that the postponement of Olympics has raised a ray of hope. The coach who won the Dronacharya Award said that he is fit now. She is fully recovered from the injury, but in gymnastics, you have to start the training process slowly and Deepa has started her practice from last month.

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She said that she will return in three-four months. With two tournaments left now, we can get a chance to qualify for the Olympics. See, there are a lot of injuries in gymnastics, but I hope she takes it as a challenge. The coach said that he needs two silver or one gold and one silver in these two tournaments. We will try our best and I hope she does her best.

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