10-member BD team leaves Aug 12

Bangladesh is sending a 10-member contingent to the first Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore over August 14-26.
The contingent, which leaves here on August 12, includes six athletes -- swimmers Mahfizur Rahman (50m and 100m freestyle), Sonia Akhter (50m and 100m butterfly) and Jewel Ahmed (50m and 100m butterfly), shooter Syeda Sadia Sultana (10m air rifle) and archers Emdadul Haque Milon (recurve bow event) and Beauty Roy (recurve bow event).
Of the athletes, only Emdadul Haque had qualified directly for the Youth Olympic while others are taking part as wild card entrants.