Bangladesh Clinch 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals at Asian Archery Championships

Bangladesh’s archers have won 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals at the Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Leg 2, held in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

The gold medals came in the compound women’s team, recurve men’s team and compound women’s individual events.

Bangladesh won silver in the compound men’s team, compound mixed team and recurve women’s individual events. Bronze medals came in the compound women’s and men’s individual, recurve women’s team and recurve men’s individual events.

Bangladesh won bronze in the compound women’s category earlier this week. The day before yesterday, Bonna Akter won gold in the compound women’s individual event, and another gold came in the recurve men’s team event.

Bangladesh archer Bonna Akter won gold in the compound women’s individual event. In the gold medal match held the day before yesterday, she defeated strong opponent Milana Burlева of Kazakhstan 145-143 to achieve this remarkable success.

Bonna Akter’s win is a proud achievement for Bangladesh in international archery. In a keenly contested final, she kept her nerves under control and secured victory with precise shooting. Her success has further brightened Bangladesh’s image in the international sporting arena.

In the first end of the final, the archers of both countries, Bangladesh and Kazakhstan, scored 28 points each. In the second end, Bonna scored 29 to reach a total of 57 points, while her opponent’s tally was 56.

After the third end, Bonna held on to a one-point lead at 86-85. Both scored 29 points again in the fourth end, so the margin stayed unchanged. At the end of the fourth end, Bonna had 115 points and Milana Burlева 114, as the fight for the lead continued.

In the last end of the final, Bonna scored 10 points on all three shots for a perfect 30. Milana Burlева, on the other hand, scored 29 in the last end. With this, Bonna secured a 145-143 victory and the gold medal.

Earlier, Bangladesh won gold in the recurve men’s team event. The Bangladesh archers achieved this proud success by defeating Kazakhstan 6-2 in set points in the final.

Abdur Rahman Alif, Md Sagar Islam and Abdullah Al Mohammad Rafi competed for the Bangladesh team.