Dipa Karmakar of India performs during the women's gymnastics vault apparatus final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
GLASGOW (Reuters) - When Dipa Karmakar launches into her soaring vault at the world championships, chances are that none of her rivals will be aware that the foundations of the skill were built on makeshift apparatus made by stacking several crash mats on top of each other.
On Saturday, the 22-year-old gymnast will get a chance to show to the world just how far she has come since her rather primitive start in the sport when she attempts a daring Produnova vault.
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