New Delhi: Deepak Kabra has been the first Indian chosen for assessing the Olympic gymnastics competition, the life goals achieved for men who knew he would not work there as an active gymnature because it was not so fundamentally -strong.
Kabra will be seen leading artistic gymnast men in the Tokyo match, which will take place on July 23.
“I received an invitation in March last year but then the Olympics were postponed and what happened then waited more than a year,” Kabra told PTI.
“I received a confirmation again in April but with Covid-19 pandemic still raging there was still uncertainty whether the Olympics would really happen.
But I was glad finally, I would be able to undergo my Olympic dream.” The 33-year-old child from Maharashtra down to sports is quite late and soon realizes his funds is not strong enough to make it as much as an athlete.
“I began to be very late at the age of 12 in 2000.
I used to live in a letter and the facilities were not great at that time.
I competed in a national level event, also participated in the 2007 national match in Guwahati,” Kabra said.
, which is Gujarat State Champion from 2005 to 2009.
“I know I do not have a future as athlete, my fundamentals are not strong but I have a desire so I began to judge.
My coach caused Bedwala was also a judge, so I took inspiration from him and immediately Taking the course and topped up in 2009.
“The Commonwealth 2010 game in India is its first international duty and Kabra continued to become the first Indian judge to lead in the 2014 Asian Games and Youth Olympics.
He also led as a judge at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in 2018, the Youth Olympiad in Argentina, in addition to other international events such as the World Cup.
“I am the youngest judge in CWG 2010.
I have led around 20 major events so far.
The Olympics are the only ones who are missing, now completing my portfolio,” Kabra said, which is a category judge 2.
“It takes a minimum of 12 years to reach the Olympics And I was lucky to get it right after 12 years, “said Kabra, who was appointed as a member of the Asian Asian Gymnastics Technical Committee in 2018.
Indian gymnastics would be represented in Tokyo by Tokyo Pranati Nayak, who had claimed a bronze medal in Vault in Artistic Gymnastics Asia 2019 .
Deepa Karmakar remains the biggest name in India in gymnastics with her fourth finish in the Women’s Vault Final in the Rio game.
Deepak Kabra became the first Indian gymnastics judge at the Olympics
