Dipa Karmakar missed a podium finish by a whisker at the Rio 2016 Olympics. "Dipa Karmakar, you are my hero," are the exact words tweeted by shooting great Abhinav Bindra after the Indian gymnast finished more than a creditable fourth in the vault final at the Rio Olympics on Sunday. With a score of 15.006 - well past her previous best - and missed a bronze medal by 0.150 points. Dipa was at second place after her second attempt at the Produnova but slipped to fourth after the final contestant, American Simone Biles, put in an outstanding performance to win gold with a score of 15.966.

To go where no Indian had gone before is a story in itself, and no one can begrudge Dipa her result. Dipa herself was disappointed to miss out on the medal but said wins and losses were part and parcel of the sport. She added that her focus will now be to improve and get better for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. “I am happy with my performance but I am very disappointed that I missed out on a medal. But at the end, this is a sport, winning and losing is a part of it.

I will now focus on Tokyo 2020 Olympics,” she told reporters. Social media was abuzz with Dipa's name throughout Sunday, ahead of the final in Rio de Janeiro, but the 23-year-old became a top trend on Twitter and other social networking platforms when she was participating in the summit clash and after that too. Tributes, congratulatory messages and praises poured in after the Tripura girl made India proud.