Bangladesh Olympic Association pledged to vaccinate all Tokyo Olympic Games participants travelling to Japan from Bangladesh in advance. The Bangladesh was among the first few countries, which started vaccination programme as soon as it was available. Players and people involved with sports
Swimmer Ariful gets Olympics wild-card entry
Sports Correspondent
2nd May, 2021 10:01:31
National swimmer Ariful Islam became the second Bangladeshi contestant to receive a wild-card entry in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after Bangladesh Swimming Federation confirmed him for the meet.
Ariful will join another national swimmer Junaina Ahmed, whose participation was earlier confirmed by BSF last week.
“We sent his name (Ariful) to the National Olympics Committee today. Ariful is selected for his event 50m freestyle. We also considered him due to his three-year scholarship in France under the Olympic solidarity program,” BSF General Secretary MB Saif told The Daily Sun on Sunday.
Swimmer Junaina to take part in Olympics
Sports Correspondent
29th April, 2021 04:21:58 PM
National swimmer Junaina Ahmed will represent Bangladesh in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after Bangladesh Swimming Federation approves her participation in the meet.
Bangladesh Olympic Association recently sent a list of three swimmers to BSF Junaina, Ariful Islam and Jewel Ahmed to finalize two names for the Olympics after the swimmers received a green signal from International Olympic Committee for wild card entry.
“Our lone female swimmer of the list Junaina was shortlisted due to her performance in the 18th FINA World Championship held in South Korea in 2019 and we finalised her on basis of her age and performances in different national and international events,” BSF General Secretary M B Saif told The Daily Sun on Wednesday.
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Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games
Sports Correspondent
9th April, 2021 10:51:38
Bangladesh Ansar and VDP finished top in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games on Friday as they achieved 125 gold medals in the ninth edition of the competition.
Ansar also retained the top spot in the medal tally as they earned a total of 262 medals including 125 gold medals, 80 silver medals and 57 bronze medals.
Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy are respectively in second and third place with earning 107 and 63 gold medals respectively.
On Friday, nine new national records were made in the men’s and women’s categories on the fourth and last day of weightlifting at the Mymensingh district gymnasium.