Just a fortnight ago, Vikrant Malik could manage only 74m for the sixth place in the in the National Federation Cup in Ranchi but on Tuesday, the javelin thrower was back to his best in the Khelo India University Games in Lucknow.
The Haryana thrower, the varsities National champion in Chennai with 77.25m in March, won the gold with a perfect 80m effort to break the KIUG record (OR 76.64m) on Tuesday.
Kalinga Institute’s Vikrant’s personal best, the 81.82m that came in the North-East varsities championship in Bhubaneswar in December, was better than Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra varsities National record (81.04m) which came in 2015.
