Indian gymnast Dipa Karmarkar finished 23rd in the balance beam event on the second day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, Germany.

The 25-year-old from Tripura, who had qualified for the vault finals on Friday, scored 11.066 (4.8+6.266) for a lowly finish out of the 32 competing gymnasts in the event.

Rakesh Patra was ranked 16th out of 29 gymnasts in Parallel Bar qualification round with a score of 13,033 (5.3+7.733).

In the qualification round of men’s vault, Ashish Kumar finished at the 23rd place out of 27 gymnasts after scoring 12.866.

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Aruna Reddy, however, couldn’t participate in floor due to the knee injury suffered on the opening day.

The Cottbus event is part of an eight-event qualifying system for the 2020 Olympics. The gymnasts will make the cut based on the their top three scores.