Dipa Karmakar not ready for CWG: Coach Photogallery

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According to coach Bishweshwar Nandi, star gymnast Dipa Karmakar will not participate in the Commonwealth Games in April.

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India's top gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been forced out of the upcoming Commonwealth Games owing to the career-threatening knee injury she picked up last year, her coach Bisweshwar Nandi said. (Getty Images)

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"She is not yet ready for a tournament like the Commonwealth Games. So, the target is to make her fully ready for the Asian Games (August 18-September 2)," Nandi said. (BCCL/Samik Sen)

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Karmakar, the first Indian female gymnast to compete in the Olympics where she finished a historic fourth in the women's vault at the 2016 Rio Games, opted out of the CWG trials taking place at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. (Getty Images)

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The Gold Coast Games take place from April 4-15. (BCCL)

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"She is fit but needs more time to be competition-ready," her coach said. (BCCL)

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"I would not call it a setback and she has taken it very sportingly," added the coach. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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The 24-year-old had undergone an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery in April last year and is continuing to undergo a lengthy rehabilitation process. (BCCL/Ravi Posavanike)

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She had scripted history at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in gymnastics in the mega-event. (BCCL/Ravi Posavanike)

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She has, however, started training, according to Nandi. (PTI)

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The nature of the injury, which she picked up during a training camp, has not allowed her to compete since the Rio Olympics.
(BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)

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