Tokyo Olympics 2020: Deepak Kabra to become first Indian to judge gymnastics at Games-Sports News , Firstpost

India’s Deepak Kabra (left) alongside gymnast Dipa Karmakar. Twitter/@DipaKarmakar

For the first time, Deepak Kabra, an Indian gymnastics judge, will be officiating the artistic gymnastics events at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which are set to get underway from 23 July, 2021.

Dipa Karmakar, India’s best gymnast at the Olympics, who missed out on a bronze medal by a whisker in the Rio Games, took to Twitter to congratulate Deepak for the noteworthy achievement.

“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,” 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

Much like Deepak, Pawan Singh, the Joint Secretary General of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), had earlier been selected as the first-ever Indian juror for the upcoming Games.

Pranati Nayak will be the sole Indian representation in gymnastics for the upcoming Games. The 26-year-old from West Bengal, who had claimed a bronze in vault at the Asian Artistic Gymnastic Championships in 2019, made the Tokyo cut after qualifying through the continental quota.