Returning to action after a lay-off of nearly two years due to an injury, India's premier gymnast Dipa Karmakar yesterday clinched the gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey.

Tripura-based Karmakar, 24, who had finished fourth in vault event in the 2016 Rio Olympics, scored 14.150 to win the top prize. She had topped the qualification with a score of 13.400.