Bangladesh youth hockey team lost for the third time in as many matches in the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games as they were beaten 4-1 by Canada at the Nanjing YOG Sports Park Hockey Field in Nanjing, China yesterday.
Bangladesh suffered from poor display in the shooting and swimming disciplines also as the only female representative of Bangladesh in the Games, shooter Sharmin Akter could score only 397 points to finish 19th among 20 participants in the qualifiers of the 10m Air Rifle event. Swimmer Md Asif Reza crashed out of the heat when he finished 4th out of eight in the 50m freestyle event. He clocked 24.98s to finish the touchline.
Meanwhile, in the five-a-side hockey match, Bangladesh lost again, this time against Canada which means they have lost three matches in a row. Md Naim Uddin scored the only goal for Bangladesh in the 36th minute which could not be anything more than a consolation. Brandon Pereira, Amrit Sidhu, Balraj Panesar, Braedon Muldoon netted one apiece for Canada.
Bangladesh had earlier lost to Spain and Australia in their first two matches and they will now play their last game against South Africa today at the same venue. A victory with a decent margin today will still be enough for Bangladesh to qualify for the next round of eight.
