DEHRADUN, Feb. 3 -- Arjun Babuta and Ojasvi Thakur from Punjab clinched the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event at the 38th National Games held in Dehradun. They triumphed over Maharashtra's Arya Borse and Rudrankksh Patil with a final score of 16-12. The decisive shot from Arjun and Ojasvi, scoring 21.4, narrowly surpassed Maharashtra's 21.0.
This victory marked a significant turnaround for Arjun, who had faced disappointment earlier in the Games by finishing fourth in the men's 10m air rifle event. Securing the gold medal provided a much-needed boost to his morale. After narrowly missing a medal in last year's Paris Olympics, Arjun expressed his readiness to move past that setback. "I'm trying to forget the past and focus on...