In the big stage of sports, the athletes of Bangladesh usually have to say goodbye early and there was no exception in Tokyo Olympics as after sprinter Jahir Rayhan’s 400m event, the red and green athletes of Bangladesh completed their Olympics journey with empty hands though there is still one week to go to end the biggest sports event on the earth.
In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, six athletes of Bangladesh took part in the Tokyo Olympics with only ace archer Ruman Sana and teenage archer Diya Siddique being the topic of discussion, reports BSS
Although Ruman Sana was able to cross the first round of the recurve individual event, Diya Siddique was eliminated from the first round, despite raising some hope.
Ruman Sana and Diya Siddique finished 17th and 36th respectively among 64 competitors in their recurve individual qualification round.
In the recurve mixed team pre-quarterfinal stage, Ruman and Diya lost to strong top-ranked Korea by 6-0 sets.
Ruman Sana's Olympics journey finally came to an end when he went down a fighting 4-6 setpoints defeat to his Canadian rival Duenas Crispin in the second elimination round of recurve men’s individual event while Diya eliminated in the first round after losing to her Belarus rival by 6-5 sets points.
Shooter Abdullah Hel Baki could not make justice on his name as he was eliminated from the qualification round after finishing 41st among the 47 competitors in the 10m air rifle event.
Bangladesh's swimmers Mohammad Ariful Islam and women’s swimmer Junayna Ahmed, despite producing their individual career-best performance in 50m freestyle, were eliminated from heat.
The youth from Kishorganj Ariful, who carried the national flag in the march-past of the Olympics, finished the third position among the eight competitors while Junayna finished the fifth position among the eight competitors.
Sprinter Jahir Rayhan failed to fulfil his expectation as he finished eighth out of eight competitors with a timing of 48.29 seconds in the Men’s 400m run.
After assessing the performance at the end of the Tokyo Olympics, Bangladesh’s achievement is as usual zero. Ruman Sana Archery's recurve singles made a fuss in the second round, but he was far from the medal. Diya Siddique was eliminated from the first round after a fierce battle.
Finally, Bangladesh had to contend with the personal achievements of some athletes in the Tokyo Olympics.
