The 31-year-old Tokyo Olympian, the lone Indian gymnast competing at the Games, registered an aggregate score of 13.100 at the Rainbow Hall of the Nagoya City General Gymnasium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pranati produced identical scores of 12.900 on both her vaults. She received a difficulty score of 4.4 and an execution mark of 8.500 for each attempt, before a 0.20 bonus was added to her overall tally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indian had booked her place in the eight-gymnast final after finishing seventh in Tuesday\u2019s qualification round with 12.916. She had scored 13.000 with her first vault and 12.433 with her second to make the medal round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Republic of Korea\u2019s Yeo Seo-jeong, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, claimed the gold medal, while defending champion An Chang-ok of the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea settled for silver. China\u2019s Du Siyu took bronze.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pranati, a three-time Asian Championships bronze medallist in vault, came into the Asian Games after recovering from a leg injury. She had also endured disappointment at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow earlier this year, where she failed to advance to the vault final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Her sixth-place finish in Nagoya nevertheless represented a step forward from Hangzhou, where she scored 12.350 to finish eighth in the same event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pranati\u2019s result also kept alive India\u2019s presence in the Asian Games gymnastics competition, although the country\u2019s wait for another medal in the sport continues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Her sixth-place finish in Nagoya nevertheless represented a step forward from Hangzhou, where she scored 12.350 to finish eighth in the same event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pranati previously represented India at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and has established herself as one of the country\u2019s leading vaulters through her performances at the continental level.<\/p>\r\n\r\n