Overview
- On Tuesday, September 22, Pranati Nayak advanced to the vault final at the 2026 Asian Games by finishing seventh in qualification with an overall score of 12.916.
- She recorded two vaults of 13.000 and 12.433 with difficulty and execution breakdowns of 4.4/D and 8.600/E for the first vault and 4.0/D and 8.433/E for the second vault, which are averaged to produce the qualifying total.
- Nayak is competing as India’s lone gymnast at these Games, making her result the country's only chance in artistic gymnastics in Nagoya.
- The vault final is scheduled for September 24 and qualification scores do not carry over to the medal round, so Nayak will start the final on equal footing with the other eight qualifiers.
- Her run to the final builds on recent regional form — she is a three-time Asian Gymnastics Championships bronze medallist and won silver in vault at the 2026 FIG World Challenge Cup in Tashkent — which frames her as a contender to improve on her qualifying mark.