DHAKA, Nov 19, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh won three medals in the 22nd Teer
Asian Archery Championship which concluded today at Bangladesh Army Stadium
in the city's Banani.

   On the last day of the championship, the Bangladesh archery team
comprising Hakim Ahmed Rubel and promising archer Diya Siddique secured the
silver medal in the recurve mixed team event losing by 1-5 sets to their
Korean pair Lee Seungyun and Royoo Su Sung in the final.

   Earlier, Bangladesh won the first medal on the second day of the
tournament. Bangladesh archers (Nasrin, Beauty Roy and Diya Siddique) beat
Vietnam by 5-3 sets to win the bronze medal.

   Bangladesh won the second medal on the same day. In the recurve men's team
event, Bangladesh archery team comprising Ruman Sana, Mohammad Hakim Ahmed
Rubel and Ram Krishna Shaha won the bronze by defeating Kazakhstan by 6-2
sets.

   Archery has not yet become a very popular sport in Bangladesh. However,
the game has already exceeded a long way in the country and it already
proofed by participating directly in the Olympics.

   Although, the archers of Bangladesh have not won any medal yet in the
Olympics, but qualifying to play in the Olympics directly is undoubtedly a
great achievement in the country's sports arena.

   Bangladesh could not win any medal in Olympics but ace archer Ruman Sana
made the nation proud by winning silver medal as a runner-up in the Archery
World Cup and this time Bangladesh also end the medal drought by winning
medals for the first time in the Asian Archery.

   Considering the opponent teams and its strength, it'll not be wise to
under estimate Asian Championship compared to World Cup because Olympic gold
winning Korea is taking part in this tournament. Vietnam and India are also
the two powerful teams of this tournament.

   Bangladesh first took part in the 13th edition of Asian Archery held in
2003. Bangladesh Archery Federation organized the 2017 edition of the
championship in Dhaka, but Bangladesh remained medal less in that
championship. Before that Bangladesh could not win any medal in Asian
Championship even though participating eight occasions.

   However, the archers finally broke the jinx in the 22nd edition of the
championship by winning three medals including one silver and two bronze.