Deepak Khabra, proper (Photo Credit: Dipa Karmakar Twitter)
Deepak Khabra is all set to create gymnastics historical past for India as choose on the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics, slated for July 23 to August 8, will see an Indian create historical past within the sport of gymnastics. Deepak Khabra will be seen judging inventive gymnastics occasions on the 2020 Olympics and it will be the primary time ever that an Indian will be judging a gymnastics occasion at any Olympic Games. India’s gymnastics star Dipa Karmakar took to Twitter to make the announcement.
“First Indian ever to get chosen to choose Gymnastics at an Olympic Games! Congratulations Deepak Kabra bhaiya for this excellent accomplishment and finest needs for #Tokyo2020,” Karmakar tweeted.
First Indian ever to get selected to Judge Gymnastics at an Olympic Games! ??Congratulations Deepak Kabra bhaiya for this wonderful accomplishment and best wishes for #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/niK2H5kgAF— Dipa Karmakar (@DipaKarmakar) July 11, 2021
Khabra, who is based out of Mumbai, was appointed as a member of the technical committee of Asian Gymnastics Union two years ago and was a superior jury at the 2019 Asian Championships.
In the sport of gymnastics, India will have only one representation at Tokyo 2020 with Pranati Nayak qualifying in the artistic gymnastics event. She had qualified after receiving the Asian continental quota, based on her 2019 Asian Championships’ performance.
Apart from Khabra creating history in gymnastics, there will be another judge history in the field of shooting. Pawan Singh, Joint Secretary of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), will be the first-ever Indian juror for shooting in Olympic history, when he judges in the Tokyo Olympics.
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