Asian Artistic Gymnastic Championship: Pranati Nayak wins bronze

Pranati Nayak of India won bronze medal in vault event held at Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

About Pranati Nayak

The 23-year-old Indian gymnast is from West Bengal, who had qualified for vault finals with a 6th place, in finals scored 13.384 to claim bronze medal. She had scored 13.400 and 13.367 in the 1st and 2nd vault respesctively.

Other Winner: China’s Yu Linmin (14.350) clinched the gold and Japan’s Ayaka Sakaguchi (13.584) won silver medal at event.

She now currently stands tall as India’s 3rd major vaulting medallist after Dipa Karmakar and Aruna Reddy.

She now eyes her biggest challenge of World Championships 2019 which is scheduled to be held later this year.

About Asian Gymnastic Championships

AGC is organized by Asian Gymnastic Union (AGU) for each of the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) gymnastic disciplines for both men’s and women’s. The FIG is the governing body of competitive gymnastics which is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The senior editions of Asian Gymnastics Championships is one in which competitors must be above 16 years of age.

The Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2020 will take place in Japan Tokyo, Japan from 2–5 May 2020.

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019