Bangladesh bag top position

Coach Nishith hopes to fare good in Asian Archery

Bangladesh lived up to their billing in the final round as they achieved their target winning six gold medals of out nine in the first International Islamic Solidarity Archery Championship which concluded yesterday at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium.

The final round and all gold medals’ competitions were held in the last day of the 14-nation tournament. Bangladesh grabbed gold medals in the recurve women’s individual event, recurve women’s team event, recurve men’s team event, compound men’s event, recurve mixed and compound mixed events. 
The day started with Fares Alotaibi of Saudi Arabia winning the gold in the recurve men’s individual event when Hira Moni celebrated the first gold for Bangladesh with winning the recurve women’s individual title.
Firdaus Bin Isa of Malaysia and Faima Al Mashadani of Iraq won the gold in the compound men’s and women’s individual events respectively.  
Hira Moni defeated her Azerbaijan counterpart Ramozamova Yaylagul by 6-4 sets on her way to win the gold in the recurve women’s individual event, despite began her mission with three points behind in the first target and was one point behind in the fourth target but dominated in the rest of three targets.
Bonna Akhter and Shushmita Akhter won the silver and bronze medal in the compound women’s event.  
However, Bangladesh began their dominance from the recurve men’s team event with Ruman Shana, M Sanwar Hossain and M Tamimul Islam won the gold by 6-2 set defeating their Bhutanese archers while Saudi team won the bronze.
Bangladesh team comprised with Shaymoli Roy, Beauty Roy and Radia won the gold in the recurve women’s team event defeating Nepal by 6-2 sets.
Abul Kashem, Najmul Haque and Milon Molla won the compound men’s event gold outplaying Malaysia by seven points.
In the recurve mixed event, Beauty Roy and Roman Shana pair won the gold defeating their Bhutanese rivals by 6-2 sets. Bangladesh also won the compound mixed event through Shushmita Bonik and Abul Kashem Mamun.
Nishith Das, coach of Bangladesh, was happy with the performance of Bangladesh archers when he told the reporters, “I think we could reach  our targets with winning six  gold medals.”
“Their scores are very reasonable, as I think their scoring are good enough for any international competitions.”
Nishith said they will continue their practice for their Asian Championship to be held in Dhaka in November this year. Thereafter they will also participate in Asian Cup in March in Thailand and then Bangladesh will take part in the World Championship to be held in July in Mexico.  

Medal table

Country           G    S    B
Bangladesh    6    1    2    
Malaysia          1    2    0
Saudi Arabia   1    0    1
Iraq                    1    1    2
Nepal                0    1    2    
Bhutan              0    3    1
Azerbaijan       0    1    1

Bangladesh bag top position

Coach Nishith hopes to fare good in Asian Archery

Bangladesh lived up to their billing in the final round as they achieved their target winning six gold medals of out nine in the first International Islamic Solidarity Archery Championship which concluded yesterday at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium. The final round and all gold medals competitions were held in the last day of the 14-nation tournament. Bangladesh grabbed gold medals in the recurve womens individual event, recurve womens team event, recurve mens team event, compound mens event, recurve mixed and compound mixed events. The day started with Fares Alotaibi of Saudi Arabia winning the gold in the recurve mens individual event when Hira Moni celebrated the first gold for Bangladesh with winning the recurve womens individual title. Firdaus Bin Isa of Malaysia and Faima Al Mashadani of Iraq won the gold in the compound mens and womens individual events respectively. Hira Moni defeated her Azerbaijan counterpart Ramozamova Yaylagul by 6-4 sets on her way to win the gold in the recurve womens individual event, despite began her mission with three points behind in the first target and was one point behind in the fourth target but dominated in the rest of three targets. Bonna Akhter and Shushmita Akhter won the silver and bronze medal in the compound womens event. However, Bangladesh began their dominance from the recurve mens team event with Ruman Shana, M Sanwar Hossain and M Tamimul Islam won the gold by 6-2 set defeating their Bhutanese archers while Saudi team won the bronze. Bangladesh team comprised with Shaymoli Roy, Beauty Roy and Radia won the gold in the recurve womens team event defeating Nepal by 6-2 sets. Abul Kashem, Najmul Haque and Milon Molla won the compound mens event gold outplaying Malaysia by seven points. In the recurve mixed event, Beauty Roy and Roman Shana pair won the gold defeating their Bhutanese rivals by 6-2 sets. Bangladesh also won the compound mixed event through Shushmita Bonik and Abul Kashem Mamun. Nishith Das, coach of Bangladesh, was happy with the performance of Bangladesh archers when he told the reporters, I think we could reach our targets with winning six gold medals. Their scores are very reasonable, as I think their scoring are good enough for any international competitions. Nishith said they will continue their practice for their Asian Championship to be held in Dhaka in November this year. Thereafter they will also participate in Asian Cup in March in Thailand and then Bangladesh will take part in the World Championship to be held in July in Mexico. Medal table Country G S B Bangladesh 6 1 2 Malaysia 1 2 0 Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 Iraq 1 1 2 Nepal 0 1 2 Bhutan 0 3 1 Azerbaijan 0 1 1