Hriday Hazarika shoots gold for mother
LUCKNOW : A mother is ready to do anything to fulfill the wishes of her children. If you don’t believe that then listen to the story of Hriday Hazarika representing Kottayam University in the ‘Khelo India University Games Uttar Pradesh 2022’ going on at Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi.
On Friday, Hriday Hazarika brought happiness to his mother by winning the gold medal in the 10-meter rifle.
He was happy, but he wants to reward his mother’s sacrifices by winning an Olympic medal.
In the finals of 10m rifle shooting, except for the first two rounds, he continued to be number one in all the rounds thereafter, and as a result, defeated his rival Arjun Babuta and secured the first position. Hriday’s total score was 252.2.
The Assamese shooter, who recently won a silver medal at the Baku World Cup said that once his father had taken him to a shooting range and thereafter, such a passion for the game arose in him that he made it the aim of his life.
Hriday’s journey began with the principal of the Shankar
Dev College, in Narayanpur, opening an air weapon shooting range on the college premises. Secondly, one of the teachers advised Hriday to start shooting. Initially, he started pistol but had more inclination towards rifle events.
“I wasn’t comfortable handling a pistol. So, I switched to a 10m air rifle event,” he recalls. “It was the turning point of my shooting career.”
Hriday says that without his mother, he could not even think of playing such an expensive game.
When he mentioned rifle shooting to his mother, she said yes without thinking.
Today, Hriday has many awards in his kitty. He is happy with the arrangements made by the organisers of the Khelo India University Games.