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Rio Olympics: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar nearly medals, inspires world

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Olympic Update with Dan O'Brien (8/14)

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The gymnastics venue has been home to some of the most incredible performances of the Olympics. It has also been home to plenty of inspiring stories, perhaps none more than 23-year-old gymnast Dipa Karmakar.

She already made history as the first ever female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics, overcoming long odds to even reach this level of her sport. On Sunday, she very nearly became India's first Olympic medalist as well.

Karmakar competed in the vault final after qualifying in eighth place by executing the "Produnova vault" which is also referred to as the "vault of death.