India’s Pranati Nayak finished sixth in the women’s vault final in artistic gymnastics at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Thursday.The 31-year-old, India’s only gymnast at the Games, scored 13.100 in the eight-woman final.Pranati scored 12.900 on both her first and second vaults. She attempted a difficulty score of 4.4 on both vaults and received an execution score of 8.500 each time. A 0.20 bonus was added to her total, taking her overall score to 13.100.Pranati had recovered from a leg injury to qualify for the Asian Games.South Korea’s Yeo Seojeong won the gold medal with 14.100. North Korea’s An Chang Ok took silver with 13.033, while China’s Du Siyu won bronze with 12.800.The result was an improvement for Pranati compared to the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, where she finished eighth with a score of 12.350.Earlier this year, Pranati missed out on the vault final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after failing to qualify.Ashish Kumar’s bronze medal in the floor exercise at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou remains India’s only medal in gymnastics at the Asian Games.
