BD team to leave Friday
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
A 23-member Bangladesh contingent will leave Dhaka Friday to participate in the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held in the Chinese city of Nanjing from August 16-28, hoping good results in hockey, shooting and archery, reports UNB.
Captain of Bangladesh Hockey team Rezaul Karim Babu will carry the Bangladesh flag during the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics to be participated by some 3,600 athletes from 204 countries of the world.
Out of 28 disciplines of sports in the Youth Olympics, Bangladesh will compete in five disciplines-shooting, swimming, archery, hockey and weightlifting.
Vice President of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Rafia Akhter Dolly has been named the chef de mission of Bangladesh contingent comprising 13 athletes, five team officials and five contingent officials.
BOA secretary general Syed Shahed Reza disclosed the details at a press conference at the Dutch- Bangla Auditorium of BOA on Monday. Chef de mission of Bangladesh contingent Rafia Akhter Dolly also spoke on the occasion.
Addressing the press conference, Syed Shahed Reza said: "Among the five discipline of sports in which Bangladesh will take part, we expect good result from hockey, shooting and archery."
Bangladesh hockey team earned the right to play in the Youth Olympics as they qualified from preliminary round while in the remaining four other disciplines of sports, Bangladesh athletes got entry through wild cards.
Bangladesh contingent: Shooting - Sharmin Akhter (10m air rifle), team official - Abdus Salam Khan; Swimming - M Asif Reza (50m freestyle), team official - Jatindra Nath Biswas,; Archery - Prennoy Murong (individual recurve) , team official - Myunkwon Park; Weightlifting - Zohura Akhter Reshma (48kg), team official - Mrs Shahriar Sultana; Hockey Team - Rezaul Karim Babu M Raju Ahmed, M Fazle Hosain Rabbi, Sajubur Rahman, Khalid Masud Rakin, M Naeemuddin, Deen Islam Emon, M Ashraful Islam, and Roman Sarkar; Officials - Khawja Rahmatullah and M Kawser Ali.
The hockey competition in the Youth Olympics will be a five-a-side affair.
Bangladesh has been placed in Pool A of the meet with Australia, Canada, South Africa and Spain.
Contingent members: Syed Shahed Reza (BOA Secretary General), Mrs Rafia Akhter Dolly (chef de mission), M Farhadur Rahman (Young Ambassador) and M Habibur Rahman (additional team official).