Tag: Dipa Karmakar

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar gets 21-month doping ban

Karmakar tested positive for higenamine (S3. Beta-2 Agonists as per the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list).

February 4, 2023

Dipa Karmakar aiming ‘to remain fit for next two World Cup events’

Dipa also urged people to stay at home as the nation continues to fight the dreaded COVID-19 infection.

April 11, 2020

Tokyo Games postponement rekindles Dipa Karmakar’s Olympic hopes

Karmakar's long-time coach Bishweshwar Nandi also said this postponement has renewed Karmakar's hopes.

March 30, 2020

Amitabh Bachchan praises Dipa Karmakar for her World Challenge win

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan never shies away from praising the people who achieve their dreams and create an example. We have often seen Amitabh cheering and sending across encouraging messages to the players from different fields of sports. This time, Big B took to Twitter to congratulate ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar who won gold at the...

July 9, 2018

Dipa Karmakar wins gold in World Challenge Cup, PM Modi congratulates gymnast

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated star gymnast Dipa Karmakar for winning a gold medal in the vault event of the FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup in Mersin, Turkey.

July 8, 2018

My rehab is over, will join camp in Delhi: Dipa Karmakar

In Rio 2016 Olympics, Karmakar created history when she narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the women's vault event.

December 9, 2017

Dipa looks beyond Produnova, eyes CWG gold with handspring 540

Karmakar, who turned 24 on Wednesday, revealed that work has begun to add a new vault to her skills.

August 10, 2017

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar focused on 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Star gymnast Dipa Karmakar is looking forward to doing well at next year's Asian Games.

June 22, 2017

Dipa, Sakshi, Alia on Forbes ‘super achievers’ list

Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar and actress Alia Bhatt are among the 53 Indians on Forbes' list of super achievers from Asia under the age of 30. The Forbes' 2017 "30 Under 30" Asia list features 300 impressive young entrepreneurs — 30 in each of the 10 categories — from all walks of...

April 17, 2017

Over 50 Indians in Forbes’ under 30 list of super achievers

Over 50 Indians, including gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik and actress Alia Bhatt, are among Forbes' list of super achievers from Asia under the age of 30 who are “pushing boundaries of innovation”. The second Forbes '30 Under 30' Asia list 2017 features 300 impressive young entrepreneurs — 30 in 10 categories, including...

April 17, 2017

President presents Padma Awards to Cho Ramaswamy, Kailash Kher

Tamil actor, editor and political satirist Cho Ramaswamy, playback singer Kailash Kher, multilingual singer K.J. Yesudas, and young sportswomen Dipa Karmakar and Shakshi Malik were among the prominent personalities presented Padma Awards by President Pranab Mukherjee here on Thursday. In all, 89 personalities were presented the awards that were announced on Republic Day-eve this year. ...

April 13, 2017

Olympic star Dipa Karmakar undergoes knee surgery

A major blow to the girl with the big heart, but one can hope she is back without much delay!

April 4, 2017