Kallang [Singapore], June 10 (ANI): Tokyo Olympian Pranati Nayak is main a 16-member Indian squad on the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023, which kicked off at Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore on Saturday.
Pranati Nayak, who participates within the vault occasion, gained two bronze medals within the Asian championships — one in Doha and the opposite in Mongolia 4 years in the past. She is the one Indian to have gained a number of medals from the continental competitors, as per Olympics.com.
The 28-year-old wish to add a 3rd medal to her tally on the 2023 Asian Championships. Also, the highest 5 groups on the Asian Championships will progress to the World Championships, which is a qualifier for subsequent yr’s Paris 2024 Olympics.
Pranati missed the World Championships 2019 however made it to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by means of the continental quota.
Apart from Pranati Nayak, Pranati Das and Bidisha Gayen make up the Indian girls’s group on the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2023.
Five gymnasts — Abhijeet Kumar, Rakesh Patra, Anas Ali Shaikh, Yogeshwar Singh, and Saif Tamboli — make up the Indian senior males’s group.
From the earlier 9 editions of the senior Asian championships, India have gained 4 bronze medals.
Besides the 2 by Pranati Nayak, Ashish Kumar (males’s ground in 2006 and Rio 2016) and Olympian Dipa Karmakar (girls’s vault in 2015) are the opposite medallists.
The Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023 will likely be held in two phases. The junior part will likely be staged from June 10 to 12 whereas the senior part will likely be carried out from June 15 to 18.
Carlos Yulo, a two-time world champion from the Philippines, and eight-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina will likely be among the many prime worldwide stars to be careful for on the continental meet. (ANI)