Bangladeshi archers eliminated
All the Bangladeshi archers including Ruman Sana were eliminated from respective individual events of the 21st Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.
Sana, who directly qualified for Tokyo Olympics after winning a bronze medal in World Archery Championship in Thailand earlier this year, suffered a 6-2 sets defeat against Thailand’s Pathairat Tanapat in the third round of men’s individual recurve, where Tamimul Islam and Hakib Ahmed Rubel also lost in the second round.
In women’s individual recurve event, Nasrin Akter lost by 6-2 sets against Ankita Bhakat; Beauty Roy lost by 7-3 sets to Ohashi Tomoka; Iti Khatun lost by 6-0 sets to An Qixuan while Mehnaz Akter lost by 6-5 sets to Mazlan Nuramalia. All four archers were eliminated from the second round.
In men’s compound event, Sohel Rana and Ashim Kumar Das lost to Abhishek Verma (145-140) and Bhardwaj Mohan Ramswaroop (147-143) while Shaymoli Roy and Susmita Banik lost to Kiran Muskan (143-143) and Lin Ming-Ching (143-137) in women’s recurve event.
In recurve mixed event, Bangladesh lost by 5-1 sets to North Korea while Bangladesh compound mixed team suffered a 155-154 points defeat to South Korea in the quarterfinals.
The elimination of all the archers is a worrying sign for Bangladesh ahead of next week’s South Asian Games where Bangladesh is hoping to win a few gold medals in archery events.
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