Baku, May 12:
Former junior world champion Hriday Hazarika and Haryana’s Nancy won their first individual senior World Cup medals, shooting down silver in the men’s and women’s 10m air rifle competitions here on Friday.
The Assam marksman shot brilliantly in the final, where his lowest score of 10.1 came in the very first of the 24-shot contest.
Nancy was even better, recording a lowest of 10.2 in her final.
However, both went down to more accurate shooters on the day. Hriday lost to Hungary’s Zalan Pekler who shot 252.4 to the Indian’s 251.9, while Nancy, after going into the final two shots with a 0.1 lead over China’s Han Jiayu, could not hold on to the cushion to finish with 253.3 to her opponents’ 254.0.
Both the men’s and women’s finals were of very high quality, with China’s Sheng Lihao recording a score of 9.9 in his 21st shot, the only score in the nines by the six medallists across the two finals. (PTI)
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