Pranati Nayak, who represented the country at the Tokyo Olympics, came up with a total score of 13.417 in the vault final to finish third, behind American duo of Jayla Hang (13.667) and Claire Pease (13.567).
Pranati scored 13.633 in her first vault attempt and 11.766 in her second go for an average of 12.699 at the Arena Birmingham.
Pranati Nayak secured a bronze medal in the Vault Final at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.
Pranati Nayak is only the third Indian woman to win a medal at the GymWorld Cup after Aruna Budda Reddy (2018) and Dipa (2018).
The only Indian gymnast at the Asian Games, Nayak faltered with her landing and received a penalty to score 12.100 in the first vault.
The Indian gymnast also secured a position in 18 competitors selected to compete in the women's all-round final which will take place on Wednesday, September 27.
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India's gymnast Pranati Nayak failed to qualify for the women's vault finals after finishing last in the event at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Sunday.
Pranati Nayak said that she is confident heading into the Tokyo Olympics.
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Turning 23 on the day of the preliminary round, Pranati will look to make the finals and emulate Dipa Karmakar, who won a historic bronze in Glasgow four years ago.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
With a specific aim on improving her fitness, Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak is hoping to garner success in four World Cup events and an Asian Championship to seal her berth in the Paris Olympics.
Pranati Nayak finished at the bottom half in all the events.
Aruna Reddy failed to qualify for the final round but a 'lucky' Pranati Nayak made the cut in vault event of the women's artistic gymnastics in the Commonwealth Games on Friday.
Dipa Karmakar believes most of the current generation of gymnasts lack passion and urged them to embrace the sport with fervour to excel on the global stage.
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Dipa Karmakar claimed a creditable fourth place in the women's vault final at the FIG Apparatus World Cup.
Jharkhand defeated Maharashtra 2-1 to bag the bronze medal.
Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and MC Mary Kom will headline the action for India at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday.
Indian athletes, including the boxers and shooters, hit the ground running as they started their pre-Olympic training, hoping to live up to massive expectations in the pandemic-hit Games in Tokyo.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on Day 7 of the Asian Games:
Bhavani, who reached Tokyo on Tuesday, wasted no time to start her training.
"I'm sure BCCI will sort this out," said Ganguly
Schedule of Indian athletes in the 20th Commonwealth Games on Monday (July 29).
Check out India's schedule on Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Sunday.
Tokyo's grand opening on Friday will have none of that splendour or grandiosity.
Aruna Budda Reddy today created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup as she clinched a bronze in the women's vault event in Melbourne.
Mary Kom's winning start and Manika Batra's brilliant come-from-behind victory were the only bright spots in an otherwise gloomy day for India at Tokyo, observes Raj Kishore Mishra.
India's schedule on Day 4 of the Asian Games on Wednesday, September 27.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing atthe Olympic Games in Tokyo on Sunday.
With uncertainty hovering over India's participation in next month's Artistic Gymnastic World Championship, top gymnasts Rakesh Patra and Dipa Karmakar feel not taking part in the competition will affect their preparations for the Tokyo Olympics.
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The gymnast from Odisha has had a run of fourth place finishes at major international competitions.
The Indian women's table tennis team won gold
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Rediff.com's Norma Godinho and Laxmi Negi glance at the athletes and disciplines likely to win medals for India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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