SPORTS REPORTER

Hosts Bangladesh’s hope of producing something good in compound events of Teer 24th Asian Archery Championships took a jolt after women’s team fell short of securing a bronze medal while the three archers were eliminated from the individual events at the National Stadium on Monday.

However, three male recurve archers moved into the round of 16 beating their respective rivals in the-elimination round.

Bangladesh compound women’s team beat Kazakhstan by 230-226 points to move into the semifinals where they lost by 234-227 points against India. Then they lost the bronze-medal match against Iran by 227-224 points.

Nawaz Ahmed Rakib, Sohel Rana and Ashiquzzaman also disappointed in men’s compound individual event in the first round, leaving Himu Bachhar as the only compound archer with a chance of winning a medal.

Mithila Akter, too, was eliminated from the first round while Bonna Akter, Pushpita Zaman and Kulsum Akter are set to play in the round of 1/16 after getting byes in the first round.

In recurve men’s team event, Bangladesh were eliminated from the pre-quarterfinals despite a brilliant start in the first round where they handed a straight 6-0 set points defeat to Vietnam. Against South Korea, though, they lost by 5-3 set points in the pre-quarterfinals.

It was a mixed journey for the local recurve archers as Rakib Mia and Abdur Rahman Alif moved into the round of 1/16 but Olympian Sagor Islam suffered a 6-4 defeat to Le Quoc Phong of Vietnam in his first elimination match. Ram Krishna Saha, who finished ahead of all Bangladeshi recurve archers having ranked 10th, will play his first match of 1/16 round today following two byes.