Dipa pulls out of artistic team finals as knee injury flares up

Star Indian gymast Dipa Karmakar today pulled out of the artistic team finals of the ongoing Asian Games here after a career-threatening knee injury flared up again.

"...there was risk of a dangerous injury, so she could not be her best. We will give her rest from the team event but she will definitely do well in (balancing) beam finals," Dipa's coach Bisweswar Nandi told PTI.

Asked if competing in beam finals will affect the knee adversely, Nandi said, "No, the landing is not hard on balancing beam."
"We consulted the IOA doctor here and he advised that she should not push, otherwise it will aggravate."