Asian championships: Gymnast Pranati Nayak wins vault bronze

File photo of Pranati Nayak
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Pranati Nayak clinched her third bronze medal in women’s vault at the Asian artistic gymnastics championships in Jecheon, Korea, on Saturday (June 14, 2025).

The 30-year-old scored 13.666 and 12.866 in her two attempts to log a total of 13.466 and secure a bronze behind China’s Zhang Yihan (13.650) and Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu (13.583). Earlier, she had medalled in 2019 and 2022.

Another Indian, Protistha Samanta, finished fourth with 13.016.

Pranati had scored 13.086 to place fourth, while Protistha had recorded 12.716 to take the eighth spot in the qualifying stage.

Meanwhile, in the junior women’s category, Avantika Negi (10.333) became the first Indian to qualify for the uneven bars final.