Produnova and gymnastics definitely changed my life.
But the fact that people in India know gymnastics because of produnova makes me very happy.
I am proud to have a chosen a vault like prodonova, because of which people know me today. It also helped popularize gymnastics as a sport back home.
Gymnastics in Tripura has enjoyed a good reputation for years.
We have the highest number of gymnastics medal winners in India.
We have a good environment in Tripura with respect to gymnastics.
How most families in India play cricket for leisure, we grew up in a surrounding where everyone could perform gymnastics.
I have performed produnova several times on a foam pit.
If you ask me today, there's no other vault easier for me than produnova.
I remember the first time I performed prodonuva. While I was doing it, everybody around maintained a pin-drop silence.
My teammates and friends were nervous and stood there with their fingers crossed, hoping I didn't hurt myself in the process.
But I was excited to perform it on the main vault and I was confident as well that I would be able to pull it off.
After the final jump when I landed in the pit, I rolled forward a bit.
Everyone thought I injured myself, and I had to assure them that I was fine and simply landed further forward.
That feeling was exceptional. Everyone in the gymnasium was so happy and applauded my efforts in attempting the produnova.
My coach Nandi Sir told me that he had a vault in mind which he wanted me to perform.
I readily agreed to give it a shot.
I wanted to win a medal and was determined to win by all means.
And that was it, we set out on our journey towards mastering produonva,
which was the main thing that fuelled my desire even more to win a medal for India.
We decided we had to win in 2014. Then on the qualification day for the Commonwealth Games,
my ankle was not in the best of shape. I was barely even able to walk.
After ranking 7th in the qualification round, my fellow gymnasts kept motivating me to perform even better in the next round.
I had a wonderful support system in my teammates.
And if I had not won a medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, women's gymnastics would have ended long ago in India.
The Rio 2016 final vault was my best attempt. I could not have performed any better.
The score I got after my final attempt has been my best so far.
In fact, my score was higher than the bronze medal score of London 2012 as well.
But such things happen in sports.
Because the margin to win a medal is so little, that someone in the end has to finish fourth.