Arnab Sharar wins silver
Arnab Sharar brought laurels for the nation by winning a silver medal in the youth section of 10m air rifle event in the 10th Asian Airgun Championships in Wako, Japan yesterday.
The achievement also earned the 16-year-old a place in next year's Youth Olympic Games to be held in Buenos Aires. He will be the second Bangladeshi athlete to participate in the Youth Olympics directly following archer Emdadul Haque Milon, who did so in 2010.
Arnab, who qualified for the eight-shooter final round in sixth position with a score of 620.9 points, narrowly missed out on the gold medal. The BKSP student from Satkhira scored 249.5 points in the final round, falling 0.5 points short of eventual champion Changhong Zhang of China. The bronze medal went to India's Shahu Tushar Mane, who scored 228.2 points.
The success of Arnab came on the back of some frustrating performances from the seniors and juniors who failed to make it to the final round despite taking good preparation under coach Klavs Christensen.
That trend had continued into Saturday morning when Syeda Atkia Hassan Disha had finished 20th among 23 competitors in the junior women's section of 10m air rifle event before Arnab won the silver.
It was Arbab's first international success since his debut in the 9th Asian Airgun Championships in Iran last year. This year, Arnab took part in two other international tournaments -- the Junior World Championships and the World Cup in Germany. His best finish till date was a 9th-place finish in 10m air rifle event during the World Cup in Delhi last year.
Arnab won a bronze medal in the national shooting championship this year following a silver medal he won the year before.
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