Gymnastics - One small step for Karmakar could be a giant leap for India

By Pritha Sarkar RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - With no more tears left to shed, a distraught Dipa Karmakar now wants to get back into training so she can start working towards leaving a lasting legacy in gymnastics. "I want to inspire the next generation so that in 10 to 15 years, India can send a full gymnastics team to an Olympics and not just one athlete," Karmakar told Reuters in an interview in her native Bengali in the athletes' village before heading home to India on Thursday. "(Five-times Olympic champion) Nellie Kim told me that in 10 years' time, Indian gymnastics will be at the same level as the Chinese team." If that happens, it will be because of the barriers Karmakar and her coach Bishweshwar Nandi have broken down over the past decade.
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