Asian Games: Bangladesh finishes 14th in shooting, Siddikur makes cut

Bangladesh finished at 14th place in the team event of 50m air rifle three position shooting scoring 1,705 on the seventh day of the 19th Asian Games at Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center in Hangzhou Friday.

India won gold, China bagged silver and South Korea secured bronze in this event.

In the individual event, Rabiul Islam scored 571 to rank 34th, Abdullah Hel Baki shot 570 to place 36th and Shobhan Chowdhury scored 564 to emerge 42nd and all failed to elevate their performance.

Fifty four shooters participated in this event.

Golf

Two Bangladeshi golfers Siddiqur Rahman and Jamal Hossain crossed the cut off.

Both played par shots in the second round.

Siddiqur finished the second round with a 72 shot.

At the end of two rounds, he played seven shots less than par and stands at 25th place.

Jamal, on the other hand, finished at 40th position, one shot short of par on the first day held at West Lake International Golf Course.

Fencing

In the women's team saber event, Bangladesh lost to Hong Kong by 45-17 points at Hangzhou Dianzi University Stadium.

Fatema Mujib, Roksana Khatun and Farzana Yasmin Nipa participated for Bangladesh in the pre-quarterfinals.

Only Farzana Yasmin offered some resistance in one match against her rival Qi Chu losing the game by 5-4 points.

Swimming

Bangladesh's participation in the swimming discipline of the Asiad concluded with the women's 50m butterfly event at Hangzhou Olympic Center Aquatic Center.

Sonia Akhtar clocked 31.74 seconds in lane one of heat No 4.

Sonia finished 27th out of 31 with four hits overall.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh take on Uzbekistan in their fourth group A match of the hockey event Saturday at Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium.

While in the boxing event, Selim Hossain will compete in the 57kg pre-quarterfinal at Hangzhou Gymnasium.

Selim earlier brought success from the boxing ring in the Games beating his Sri Lankan rival Rukmal Prasanna 3-2 in the preliminary round match of under-57kg weight category.