Arnab to be awarded Tk 3 lakh
16-year-old shooter Arnab Sharar will be awarded Tk 3 lakh by the Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation (BSSF) for winning a silver medal in the just-concluded 10th Asian Airgun Championships in Wako City, Japan. The young shooter grabbed the silver medal with a fantastic performance and missed out on the gold by just 0.5 points in the youth category of men's 10-metre air rifle event.
BSSF announced the cash award for Arnab, who also directly for next year's Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires due to this performance.
“We will hold a reception on December 16 to hand over a cheque of Tk 3 lakh to Arnab for his brilliant performance,” informed chief operating officer of the BSSHF Mostaque Waiz. “This award is part of our regulation which says gold medallists in any international meet would get Tk 5 lakh each while silver medallists and bronze medallists would receive Tk 3 and Tk 1 lakh each respectively.”
While Arnab brought laurel for the nation, he was the only shooter for Bangladesh to shine in Japan as all the others failed to even make it to the final round in their respective individual and team events.
The 15-member Bangladesh team including 12 shooters and three officials returned home in the early hours of Wednesday.
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