Bangladesh finished 14th place in the
team event of 50m air rifle three position shooting scoring 1705 on the
seventh day of 19th Asian Games held at Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center in
Hangzhou on Friday.
India won gold, China bagged silver and South Korea secured bronze in this
event.
In the individual event, Rabiul Islam scored 571 to rank 34th, Abdullah Hel
scored 570 to rank 36th and Shobhan Chowdhury scored 564 to rank 42nd all
failed to elevate their performance. Fifty four shooters participated in this
event.
Golf
Two Bangladeshi golfers Siddiqur Rahman and Jamal Hossain crossed the cut
off. Both played par shots in the second round. Siddiqur finished the second
round with a 72 shot.
At the end of two rounds, he played seven shots less than par and stands at
25th place. Jamal, on the other hand, finished 40th place, one shot short of
par on the first day held at West Lake International Golf Course.
Fencing
In the women’s team saber event, Bangladesh lost to Hong Kong by 45-17 points
held at Hangzhou Dianzi University Stadium.
Fatema Mujib, Roksana Khatun and Farzana Yasmin Nipa participated for
Bangladesh in the pre quarter finals. Only Farzana Yasmin offered some
resistance in one match against her rival Qi Chu losing the match by 5-4
points.
Swimming
Bangladesh’s participation in the swimming discipline of the Asian Games
concluded with the women’s 50m butterfly even held at Hangzhou Olympic Center
Aquatic center.
Sonia Akhtar clocked 31.74 seconds in the lane one of heat number four. Sonia
finished 27th out of 31 with four hits overall.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh take on Uzbekistan in their fourth group A match of the
hockey event scheduled to be held tomorrow (Saturday) at Gongshu Canal Sports
Park Stadium.
The match kicks off at 145 pm (BST).
While, in the boxing event, Selim Hossain will compete in the 57 kg pre
quarterfinal to be held at Hangzhou Gymnasium.
Selim Hossain earlier brought success from the boxing ring in the Games
beating his Sri Lankan rival Rukmal Prasanna 3-2 in the preliminary round
match of under-57kg weight category.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha