Dipa Karmakar, the gymnast who made India proud by qualifying for the Vault finals in Rio Olympics will be celebrating her 23rd birthday on Tuesday. But it is unlikely to receive birthday greetings from anyone else except for the ones from her parents. Faced with the gigantic expectations of an excited nation, India's pride, gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been put under "house arrest" at the Olympic Games Village by her coach Bishweshwar Nandi as she gears up to script history in the vault finals on August 14. "I've removed the SIM card from her mobile. Only parents are allowed to talk to her. I don't want her to lose focus," Nandi told reporters from the Games Village, a day after Dipa became the toast of the nation by making the final of artistic gymnastics' vault finals.

"Her birthday celebration can wait for the moment. It's only her parents who are allowed to talk to her at the moment during the small breaks I give her." "But she does not miss it. She likes to stay aloof from friends, her friends circle is very small, thanks to her tough regimen in gymnastics," Nandi said of Dipa who trains in SAI New Delhi. "Every event in gymnastics is a risk, accident may happen anytime but Dipa has mastered the Produnova and we're very hopeful," Nandi said. She has also caught attention for performing the risky Produnova vault, a double-front somersault which has the highest degree of difficulty for a women's vault. "Every event in gymnastics is a risk, accident may happen anytime but Dipa has mastered the Produnova and we're very hopeful," Nandi said.