News Dipa Karmakar, 22, has no fear about taking on what has been called the "vault of death" as she attempts to become the first gymnast from India to win an Olympic Games medal The Produnova - a handspring double-front somersault - has the highest degree of difficultly for a women's vault, a 7 0, and only five women in the world have attempted it in competition Karmakar, who is India’s first female gymnast at an Olympic Games, is more excited than concerned about performing the vault at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games "I believe that practice makes perfect, and then it is not difficult anymore," she said “My coach, Bisweshwar Nandi ensured that I practised extensively " The vault is considered so dangerous that some people want it banned because of the potential for life-threatening injuries if a gymnast over-rotates and lands on their neck  But Karmakar, who stands at 1 51 m (4ft 11in), remains undaunted “In the last three months I did 1000 repetitions of the move," she said "Now it is the easiest vault for me ” Karmakar, who turns 23 on 9 August, is the first Indian gymnast to compete at the Games since 1964 She made her name by winning a bronze medal at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, at which she landed the Produnova in her vault final Her qualification for Rio 2016 was a cause for national celebration in April, with cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar weighing in on social media to express his delight: “Not many in the country knew about this until recently, and now I hope that this vault becomes more famous than me in India," she said