17-member contingent to represent Bangladesh
Monday, 28 July 2008
A 17-member contingent will represent Bangladesh in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to be held August 8-24, reports UNB.
Of the 28 disciplines, Bangladesh will compete in three disciplines --athletics, swimming and shooting.
Some 10,500 athletes from all over the world are expected to compete in the 17-day sports carnival for the 302 gold at stake. A record 20,000 accredited journalists are expected to cover the greatest show on earth.
The first batch of Bangladesh contingent with chef-de-mission Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed and Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) secretary general Kutubuddin Ahmed will leave here for Beijing on August 4 as an advance party.
The second batch with six sportsmen -- two athletes, two swimmers and two shooters, two team manager-cum-coaches, one general team manager and two participants of youth camp, will leave the city for Beijing on August 6.
The third batch with the Sports Adviser and the BOA chief will fly on August 7, a day before the mega sports festival starts. Athletics coach Nazrul Islam Rumi will be the last to join the team on August 12.
The six Bangladeshi athletes will take part in one event each.
Athletes Nazmun Nahar Beauty and Mohammad Abu Abdullah will compete in the hot event of 100-metre sprints, swimmer Dolly Akhter will participate in 50m freestyle, another swimmer Mohammad Rubel Rana in 100m backstroke, shooter Sharmin Akhter will try her luck in 10m Air Rifles while another shooter M Imam Hossain in 10m Air Rifles.
Bangladesh contingent:
Officials: Mahbub Jamil (Sports Adviser), General Moeen U Ahmed (BOA President), Kutubuddin Ahmed (BOA Secretary General), Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed (Chef-De-Mission), Col (retd) M Wali Ullah (Administrative Officer), Sadruddin Ahmed (General Team Manager).
Sportsmen: Mohammad Abu Abdullah, Nazmun Nahar Beauty (athletics), Nazmul Islam Rumi (athletics coach); M Rubel Rana, Dolly Akhter (swimming), SM Israfil (swimming coach); M Imam Hossain, Sharmin Akhter (shooting), M Shoyeb Uzzaman (shooting coach).
Participants of Youth Camp: Abu Hena M Kawser and Sharlin Manjoor.
Of the 28 disciplines, Bangladesh will compete in three disciplines --athletics, swimming and shooting.
Some 10,500 athletes from all over the world are expected to compete in the 17-day sports carnival for the 302 gold at stake. A record 20,000 accredited journalists are expected to cover the greatest show on earth.
The first batch of Bangladesh contingent with chef-de-mission Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed and Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) secretary general Kutubuddin Ahmed will leave here for Beijing on August 4 as an advance party.
The second batch with six sportsmen -- two athletes, two swimmers and two shooters, two team manager-cum-coaches, one general team manager and two participants of youth camp, will leave the city for Beijing on August 6.
The third batch with the Sports Adviser and the BOA chief will fly on August 7, a day before the mega sports festival starts. Athletics coach Nazrul Islam Rumi will be the last to join the team on August 12.
The six Bangladeshi athletes will take part in one event each.
Athletes Nazmun Nahar Beauty and Mohammad Abu Abdullah will compete in the hot event of 100-metre sprints, swimmer Dolly Akhter will participate in 50m freestyle, another swimmer Mohammad Rubel Rana in 100m backstroke, shooter Sharmin Akhter will try her luck in 10m Air Rifles while another shooter M Imam Hossain in 10m Air Rifles.
Bangladesh contingent:
Officials: Mahbub Jamil (Sports Adviser), General Moeen U Ahmed (BOA President), Kutubuddin Ahmed (BOA Secretary General), Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed (Chef-De-Mission), Col (retd) M Wali Ullah (Administrative Officer), Sadruddin Ahmed (General Team Manager).
Sportsmen: Mohammad Abu Abdullah, Nazmun Nahar Beauty (athletics), Nazmul Islam Rumi (athletics coach); M Rubel Rana, Dolly Akhter (swimming), SM Israfil (swimming coach); M Imam Hossain, Sharmin Akhter (shooting), M Shoyeb Uzzaman (shooting coach).
Participants of Youth Camp: Abu Hena M Kawser and Sharlin Manjoor.