Dipa Karmakar, one of India's most iconic gymnasts, recently announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 31. After an incredible journey filled with groundbreaking achievements, including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In April, 22-year-old gymnast Dipa Karmakar sprinted down the vault runway, pounced on the springboard so hard it sounded like it ...

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Dipa Karmakar attempted the Produnova vault referred to by some as the 'vault of death'– an act that paved the way for her qualification to the 2016 Rio ...

When you take a shot at the champ, you better bring your best stuff. Nolan Ryan had the fastball, Shawn Michaels had Sweet Chin Music, Goku had the Kamehameha. But when gymnasts find themselves ...

IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar grabbed headlines with her fourth-place finish in the vault final of the 2016 Rio Games, losing an Olympic medal by just 0.15 points. Photograph:Damir Sagolj/Reuters Dipa Karmakar ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s a dangerous maneuver, with the risk of catastrophic injury just a slip of the hand away. And so it has the maximum rating for degree of difficulty, which makes it the vault of ...

They call it the "vault of death." Even Simone Biles, largely thought to be the world's greatest female gymnast, won't risk trying it. Officially, the Produnova vault is the most difficult (and ...

On Sunday night, two gymnasts literally put their lives on the line to try to beat Simone Biles in the women’s vault finals of the Rio de Janerio Olympics. Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan and India’s ...

Experts may think it is the ‘Vault of Death’ but trailblazer Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar doesn’t agree and says she will continue performing the Produnova despite the dangers that come with the ...