Aruna Budda Reddy clinches bronze at 2018 Gymnastics World Cup

Aruna Budda Reddy created history on Saturday when she became the first Indian to clinch an individual medal at the 2018 Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne, Australia.

Aruna won a bronze medal with a score of 13.699 after her two attempts in the Women's Vault event while Slovenia's Tjasa Kysslef won the gold medal with a score of 13.800 and Australia's Emily Whitehead finished second with a score 13.699.

Aruna Budda Reddy strikes for India on vault at the Melbourne World Cup with a BRONZE MEDAL and a score of 13.649!!! An amazing accomplishment for Team India!!@gymworldcup
Pranathi Nayak just misses out on the medal with a sixth place finish.@TheBridge_IN @SportsIndia3 pic.twitter.com/PT2wPHHtIl

Indian Gymnastics (@IndianGymnastic) February 24, 2018

Another Indian in the final, Pranati Nayak finished sixth with an average score of 13.416.

WAG Vault Medal Ceremony #GymnasticsWorldCup #MelbWC18 #VisitVictoria #VisitMelbourne pic.twitter.com/Hozv3xcsHX

World Cup Gymnastics (@gymworldcup) February 24, 2018

Dipa Karmakar got India on the world gymnastics map when she became the first from the country to qualify for the Olympics.

Karmakar narrowly missed out on a bronze at the Rio Olympics in 2016 when she finished a creditable fourth in the final of the Olympic Games.

Dipa averaged 15.066 points to finish fourth.

Simone Biles of the US won the gold with an average of 15.966, while Maria Paseka (15.253) of Russia and Switzerland's Giulia Steingrubber (15.216) took home the silver and bronze medals respectively.