Bangladeshi shooter Mohammad Robiul Islam will compete in the qualifying round of the men's 10-meter air rifles of the Paris Olympics' 2024 Shooting at the Chateauroux Shooting Complex today (Sunday), reports UNB.
He will be the 2nd Bangladeshi athlete to appear in the ongoing Paris Olympics after teenager archer M Sagor Islam.
Bangladesh started their campaign in the 33rd Olympic Games, Paris 2024, with archer Sagor Islam competing in the ranking round of the men's recurve singles last Thursday.
Archer Sagor Islam, who directly qualified for the Olympics as the 3rd Bangladeshi athlete after golfer Siddikur Rahman and archer Ruman Shana, ranked 45th among 64 archers scoring 652 in the ranking round of the games men's recurve singles archery on Thursday.
Event's Olympics gold medalist South Korean archer Kim Woo-Jin finished top in the ranking round scoring 686.
Archer Sagor was in the top 10 position after throwing first 30 arrows, but failed to finish as per expectation, scoring zero in the last attempt.
Sagor Islam will compete in the men's individual elimination round (Round of 1/32) against the Tokyo Olympics 2021 silver medalist Mauro Nespoli on Tuesday (July 30) at the same venue.
Thirty-two archers will qualify for the next round of the event on Tuesday.
Besides, Swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi of Bangladesh will compete in the men's 100- meter freestyle heats at the Paris La Defense Arena also on Tuesday (July 30).
Another Bangladesh swimmer Sonia Khatun will compete in the women's 50-meter freestyle heats at the same venue on August 03.
Bangladeshi fastest man Imranur Rahman will compete in men's 100-meter sprint heats on the following day (August 04) at the Stade de France.
A 13-member contingent, consisting of five athletes and eight officials, are representing Bangladesh in the Paris Olympics 2024, the biggest sports carnival in the world.
Leading athletes from 206 countries around the world are competing in 32 disciplines of sports in a battle for 329 medals.
Archer Mohammad Sagor Islam, who directly qualified for the Paris Olympics, carried the Bangladesh national flag in the march past the Friday's opening ceremony.
Five Bangladeshi athletes are taking part in four disciplines of sports-- archery, athletics, swimming, and shooting.
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