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3rd Int’l Solidarity World Ranking Archery begins Saturday
DHAKA, Feb 21, 2019 (BSS) – The third edition of the ISSF International Solidarity World Ranking Archery Championship begins Saturday (February 23) at the Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium in Gazipur.
More than 118 competitors from 25 countries, including 16 archers from hosts Bangladesh — eight male and eight female — will compete in the four-day meet.
The competitors will vie for 30 medals — 10 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze — in men’s and women’s singles, team and mixed events in both recurve and compound divisions.
Country’s famed archer Ruman Sana, Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Imdadul Haque Milon and Tamimul Islam will compete in men’s recurve division while Asheem Kumar Das, Sheikh Sajib, Abul Kashem Mamun and Milon Molla will compete in men’s compound division.
Nasrin Akter, Dia Siddiquee, Beauty Roy and Eti Khatun will vie in women’s compound division while Shusmita Banik, Bonna Akter, Shyamoli Roy and Tamanna Parvin will compete in women’s compound division.
The number of participating countries has increased significantly this time compared to the first edition hosted 14 countries while 17 countries took part in the second edition.
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