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Triumphs and Defeats of Bangladesh in Sports

by Rabeth Khan
Bangladesh » known M the land of rivers, bul sorry to say that not even a single swimmer of Inter national standard have come out from these rivers. The same theory applies for shooting; wc have so many guns and users (like mastans, hijackers, robbers and huntsman of Sun-darban) bul Ihe number of sharp: talented marksmen Is very fess In other sports like baakctball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis and athletics wc can at feast try to go to a respectable position
Out of all the above men-Boned sports we have good prospects in shooting and swimming. We have interna ttonal standard* shooters like Ateexjur R.. K S Parveen and A S Nini In our midst. Atcequr R. -has won gold medals In both commonwealth Games and SAF Games -and K S Parveen, the first woman of Bangladesh to win a gold medal in SAF Games white A S Nini was also the winner in Commonwealth Games Al these srins propelled
our hopes sky high. But after our dismal performance in the Asian Games, all our dreams went down the drain. The unsuccessful result tn the Asian Games proves three things; Either our success in the Commonwealth Games was a fluke or the games itself was below the Asian standard or our shooters were carried away by the initial victory. Whatever the reason might be, our only Job should be to correct our flaws and put ourselves on road to victory.
Now, let us come to swimming. Neither our mermaids nor our mermen could spur any twilight for our country. Only Brojen Das was Ihe exception. He was one of the best swimmers In Asia tn Ms time and became the first Bangladeshi to cross the English Channel. But apart from him. the standard of swimming Is deflating gradu ally We are even behipd Shri Lanka. In the past SAF Games, our performance looked very
discouraging. The only silver lining tn the otherwise gloomy picture is Mosharraf Hossain who has consistent wins in his pocket. His achievements include three gob medals, three stiver medals in the' SAF Games and respectable positions in other international events. But for how long will he be able to carry on? May be for another two years at best. So our duty is to go round the country, pick up talents and give them proper training.
In athletics, we are again a disappointing bunch. All our athletes lack stamina, power and proper training facilities. One name which I have to mention Is Shah Alam. He was crowned the fastest man of South Asia end carried that honour for a long time with pride and dignity. But a tragic road accident ended his life as well as our dreams which revolved around him. Disappointing but true that we haw no one to regain the mantle which Shah Alam held for long.
In sports like basketball and volleyball we don't have much of a future but we can try to consolidate our current pqst-tlon. The same principle goes for tennis and table tennis. 11 is surprising that Nepal is belter than us in tabic tennis, whlk- in tennis our neighbours India have come up to the International standard which they proved by beating Switzerland and France tn the Davis Cup. We have talented players like Ilirs Lal and Mohluddtn Jhllan but due to lack of experience and training there is no Importance of their rich talent. In boxing and wrestling, we don't stand a chance evep against Pakistan. In the previous SAF Games, most of our boxers lasted a minute or two against their opponents.
Anyway, we should spend more time on sports we have chance of succeeding like foof-ball, cricket, hockey, chess and shooting. By sending the re spectfve teams outside the country to participate In International tournaments to enhance their experience and train them under the guidance of standard foreign coaches wc hope to attain our much desired achievements.