Nineteen-year-old Ashish Kumar might have lost in the Asian Games yesterday, but he's definitely done us proud by becoming the first gymnast to represent India. CS tells you more about India's new flexi-man
Nineteen-year-old Ashish Kumar might have lost in the Asian Games yesterday, but he's definitely done us proud by becoming the first gymnast to represent India. CS tells you more about India's new flexi-man:
>> Ashish practises seven hours everyday at the National Sports Academy, Allahabad.
>>u00a0He won the first ever medal in gymnastics for India in October 2010 at the Commonwealth Games.
He ended up at the third position and lost a gold medal by mere 0.175 points.
>>u00a0He also was the first Indian to win a medal at the Asian Gymnastics' Championships in 2006, at the age of 16.
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