By Biswendu Bhattacharjee
Agartala: This 23-year-old lady ‘reintroduced’ Tripura to the world in the Rio Olympics by virtue of her magnificent performance notwithstanding the fact that she missed a medal by a whisker.
Dipa Karmakar has an extremely interesting story and even in childhood she was attracted to sports. “She joined gymnastics training at the age of 5,” Coach Bisweswar Nandi avers.
“I never even thought of becoming anything barring an international gymnast. I was ‘injected’ with the feeling that gymnastics is the sole option. Hence, I didn’t have much interest in academics,” recalls Karmakar who passed the higher secondary just a few years back.
“She sacrificed a lot. Her dedication and hard work paid the dividend,” says Dipa’s father Dulal.