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On August 14, 2016, a young girl, India’s first female gymnast to compete at the Olympics, landed the Produnova that took her to the cusp of an Olympic medal. She came fourth yet soared into the hearts of millions across the globe.
Dipa Karmakar’s fourth-place finish at the Rio Olympic Games was a defining moment for Indian sport, which had barely cast a glance at the sport of gymnastics as a medal discipline till then. Dipa’s journey from Tripura, an oft-neglected sporting outpost, to the national consciousness and India’s highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, is one of grit, determination and a stubbornness to beat the odds.

Bishweshwar Nandi
Bishweshwar Nandi is a recipient of the Dronacharya Award and is one of India’s most iconic coaches. A five-time National individual champion, Bishweshwar captained the Indian Gymnastics team on six occasions, including the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.

Digvijay Singh Deo
Digvijay Singh Deo is one of India’s leading sports journalists and currently heads the sports team at Zee Media Corporation Limited’s global news channel World is One News, WION. He has previously worked with Star News, Doordarshan News and CNN-IBN.

Vimal Mohan

Vimal Mohan is the winner of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award (2012) and has dedicated himself to cover the Olympics and any other adventure or marginalized sport, over the last two decades, infusing his journalism with infectious passion and unstinted commitment for the benefit of each sport and its followers.