Young gymnast Protistha Samanta selected for upcoming World Cups

Young gymnast Protistha Samanta selected for upcoming World Cups

The 18-year-old, who had claimed a gold medal at the Khelo India Youth Games in women’s under-17 all-round artistic gymnastics events in Pune in 2019, will be competing at the World Cup beginning at Cairo, Egypt.

Samanta has been training in Tripura under Bisweshar Nandi, the coach who had played a key role in Olympian Dipa Karmakar’s rise, for the last three years.

For the past one month, she has been training in Delhi under the watchful eye of Nandi.