Indian women gymnasts fail to qualify for finals

Stuttgart (Germany) : Indian women had a dismal outing at the World Artistic Gymnastic Championships as none of them could qualify for the finals of individual events here.

In the women's all-round qualification, Pranati Nayak and Pranati Das finished 127th and 132nd after scoring 45.832 and 45.248 respectively.

In the vault event, Pranati Nayak scored 14.200 in her first attempt but got a neutral deduction in the second attempt which ruled her out of the Finals. She finished 27th in the vault qualification.

In the uneven bars qualification, Pranati Nayak, Pranati Das and Aruna Reddy scored 10.566, 9.916 and 8.925 to finish 164th, 182nd and 193rd respectively.

In balance beam qualification, the story was no different as Pranati Das (10.866), Aruna Reddy (10.200) and Pranati Nayak (9.933) signed off at 138th, 164th and 174th spots.

In floor exercise qualification, Pranati Das (11.466) and Pranati Nayak (11.133) ended at 151st and 179th positions, while Aruna Reddy did not finish.