Rio Olympics 2016: All eyes on gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Sunday

Dipa Karmakar, who entered the history books by becoming the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Rio Olympics 2016, will carry a billion hopes when she performs on Sunday.

The girl from Tripura, who rode on the Produnova, a tough front handspring and two front somersaults is all set to give her best in the games.

The gymnast bagged five gold medals at the 2015 National Games in Kerala — in individual all-round, table vault, balancing beam, uneven parallel bars and floor exercises and was one of the top medal winners at the event.

Daughter of a weightlifting coach, she also got a bronze at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Japan last year.

The 22-year-old, will try to show an impressive performance and can pull out the odds to rewrite history.

Dipa is the third athlete in the world to complete the dangerous vault successfully after Russian Yelena Produnava and Yamilet Pena of Dominican Republic.