When Dipa Karmakar competed in her first gymnastics competition, she did so without shoes and borrowed an oversized, ill-fitting costume. Humble beginnings in a cash-strapped sport mean her gymnastic achievements, the first Indian to medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games, are all the more remarkable.

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