Bangladesh ends 11th SA Games with better than expected result
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Bangladesh completed their campaign of the 11th SA Games that concluded today (Tuesday), with a record haul of 18 gold medals, their highest in the history of the 8-nation meet, reports UNB.
The hosts secured four gold medals on the penultimate day of the 12-day sports extravaganza - in football, boxing and wushu - to seal the third position in medals tally.
Earlier, Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) expected the Bangladesh contingent to win maximum 17 gold medals, but the athletes proved they are capable of doing even better. Bangladesh's successes came despite their failure in two key disciplines - athletics and swimming.
Bangladesh's female athletes have done an excellent job winning medals in the Games and made the nation proud even though they are less than half (101) in number compared to the male athletes (231). The female athletes won 8 gold medals compared to 10 earned by their male teammates.
In the last two editions of the SA Games, Bangladesh football team failed to reach the semifinals but this time they emerged champions to clinch the gold winning all their matches.
In the final of the 11th SA Games, Bangladesh crushed Afghanistan 4-0 to win the gold for only the second time in their history after winning the first gold in the Kathmandu Games in 1999.
The final was surprisingly a one-sided affair with Bangladesh scoring two goals in each half to register the biggest victory in any final of an international competition.
The footballers' success came a day after the host cricket team beat Sri Lanka by six runs to win the gold.
Golf proved to be a gold winning discipline for the hosts, as Bangladesh's Dulal Hossain won the individual gold and the team gold was also secured by Jamal Hossain Mollah, Md Dulal Hossain, Md Shakhawat Hossain Sohel and Md Jakiruzzaman Jakir.
Jewel Ahmed Jony and Abdur Rahim, the two boxers won their respective battles to present the hosts with two gold medals in less than half-an-hour on the penultimate day of the meet.
Shooting, a traditional gold providing discipline for Bangladesh, provided three gold medals with the titles of both individual and team event in women's 10m air rifle. The individual event was won by Sharmin Akhter Ratna, while Ratna later teamed with Syeda Sadia Sultana and Tripti Dutta to collect the team gold.
Asif Hossain Khan, Abdulla-hel-Baki and Shovon Chowdhury presented the gold of men's 10m air rifle gold.
Hamidul Islam provided the country the first touch of gold in the Weightlifting event of 77 Kg to initiate the gold hunt of the hosts.
Wushu, the Chinese version martial art, marked another success story for Bangladesh as Nan Quan (all-round event) was won by Mesbahuddin while Under-52 kg category gold was grabbed by Eti Islam.
Taekwondo also made the country proud with the gold of U-46 Kg women's event as Sharmin Farjana Rumi emerged the winner while Shammi Akter grabbed the title of the U-49 kg women's event.
Karate, a relatively neglected sporting discipline in the country, stunned the SA Games arena presenting four gold medals. The men's team comprising Hasan Khan Sun, Hossain Khan Moon and Syed Nuruzzaman won the kata (team) gold, while under 45 Kumite gold was won by Moreom Khatun Bipasha. Women's kata (individual) gold was grabbed by Jaw-U- Pru-Marma. Later, Jaw U- teamed with Munni Khanam and U-Sainu-Marma to win the team kata gold.
The hosts secured four gold medals on the penultimate day of the 12-day sports extravaganza - in football, boxing and wushu - to seal the third position in medals tally.
Earlier, Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) expected the Bangladesh contingent to win maximum 17 gold medals, but the athletes proved they are capable of doing even better. Bangladesh's successes came despite their failure in two key disciplines - athletics and swimming.
Bangladesh's female athletes have done an excellent job winning medals in the Games and made the nation proud even though they are less than half (101) in number compared to the male athletes (231). The female athletes won 8 gold medals compared to 10 earned by their male teammates.
In the last two editions of the SA Games, Bangladesh football team failed to reach the semifinals but this time they emerged champions to clinch the gold winning all their matches.
In the final of the 11th SA Games, Bangladesh crushed Afghanistan 4-0 to win the gold for only the second time in their history after winning the first gold in the Kathmandu Games in 1999.
The final was surprisingly a one-sided affair with Bangladesh scoring two goals in each half to register the biggest victory in any final of an international competition.
The footballers' success came a day after the host cricket team beat Sri Lanka by six runs to win the gold.
Golf proved to be a gold winning discipline for the hosts, as Bangladesh's Dulal Hossain won the individual gold and the team gold was also secured by Jamal Hossain Mollah, Md Dulal Hossain, Md Shakhawat Hossain Sohel and Md Jakiruzzaman Jakir.
Jewel Ahmed Jony and Abdur Rahim, the two boxers won their respective battles to present the hosts with two gold medals in less than half-an-hour on the penultimate day of the meet.
Shooting, a traditional gold providing discipline for Bangladesh, provided three gold medals with the titles of both individual and team event in women's 10m air rifle. The individual event was won by Sharmin Akhter Ratna, while Ratna later teamed with Syeda Sadia Sultana and Tripti Dutta to collect the team gold.
Asif Hossain Khan, Abdulla-hel-Baki and Shovon Chowdhury presented the gold of men's 10m air rifle gold.
Hamidul Islam provided the country the first touch of gold in the Weightlifting event of 77 Kg to initiate the gold hunt of the hosts.
Wushu, the Chinese version martial art, marked another success story for Bangladesh as Nan Quan (all-round event) was won by Mesbahuddin while Under-52 kg category gold was grabbed by Eti Islam.
Taekwondo also made the country proud with the gold of U-46 Kg women's event as Sharmin Farjana Rumi emerged the winner while Shammi Akter grabbed the title of the U-49 kg women's event.
Karate, a relatively neglected sporting discipline in the country, stunned the SA Games arena presenting four gold medals. The men's team comprising Hasan Khan Sun, Hossain Khan Moon and Syed Nuruzzaman won the kata (team) gold, while under 45 Kumite gold was won by Moreom Khatun Bipasha. Women's kata (individual) gold was grabbed by Jaw-U- Pru-Marma. Later, Jaw U- teamed with Munni Khanam and U-Sainu-Marma to win the team kata gold.