New Delhi:Former junior World Champion and the silver medalist of the recent World Cup in Baku, Hriday Hazarika asserted his class as he beat another World Cup gold medallist, Arjun Babuta by 1.7 points to clinch the men’s air rifle gold in the Khelo India University Games at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Friday.
After a relatively slow start in the final, the 21-year-old Hriday, representing Cotton University, Guwahati, dominated the final. He had a 1.2-point lead over Arjun before the last two shots, and wound up resoundingly, with shots of 10.7 and 10.6.Hriday had done well to qualify in second place with a total of 631.5, behind Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (633.2).
