Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who missed the medal in the Rio Olympics by a whisker, would be
felicitated by the Tripura government on 22 August.
“Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Youth and Sports Affairs minister Sahid Choudhuri would felicitate Dipa Karmakar and her coach Bishweshwar Nandi on August 22 at Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala,” Director of Youth and Sports Affairs Dulal Das
said.
In the felicitation programme, another famed gymnast of the state and Arjun awardee, Mantu Debnath and other sports personalities of the state would be present.