‘Will try to win at least one medal’
Ruman Sana and five other top level Bangladeshi archers are all set to compete in the Asia Cup: Stage-3, which will begin on September 8 in the Philippines. In hopes of securing at least one medal from the tournament, where they had won two in the past, the six-member Bangladesh team is scheduled to depart on September 7.
Sana, Tamimul Islam and Hakim Ahmed Rubel will vie for glory in the men’s recurve team and individual events while Beauty Roy will feature in the women’s recurve individual and mixed events.
“Our target is to showcase the consistency with which we participated in the last few meets and subsequently win at least a medal from this tournament, where we won a team bronze medal in the 2019 edition in Thailand,” said Sana, who won a gold medal in the Asia Cup: Stage-1 in Thailand in 2014.
However, Sana is not all too sure about whether he can compete at the same calibre he showed in the World Archery Championship in the Netherlands, where he won a bronze medal to earn direct entry to the 2022 Tokyo Olympics.
“I have been on vacation for a few days now and only recently started practicing again. I need at least one moth to recover from the gap. In addition, I am using new instruments which I am yet to get familiarised with. I know it will not be easy to repeat my performance at the World Archer Championship but I will try to win at least one medal,” explained Sana, who hopes to win a bronze medal in the team event.
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