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Highest 10 venues at the historical Paltan maidan will host the majority of the disciplines. Along with kabaddi, hockey, handball, volleyball, boxing stadiums as well as the chess federation hall-room hosting their own events, the National Sports Council gymnasium will hold weightlifting and taekwondo, newly-built roller skating complex will field wrestling and wushu events while badminton and table tennis will take place at the wooden-floor indoor stadium. Mirpur indoor stadium (judo) and swimming complex, squash court at the BAF Shaheen School, Gulshan Shooting Complex, Shaheed Ahsanullah Stadium in Tongi (archery) and the indoor of BKSP (basketball) will host the other events. The football matches are already rolling at Kamalapur Stadium since Wednesday. Organised by Bangladesh Olympic Association, the responsibilities were also distributed among the 21 respective federations in order to hold the event successfully, by providing accommodation to the participants, along with daily wages and transportation. Co-ordinating with the federations, the BOA also formed a technical committee to sort out the best athletes from the event in order to achieve their core aim - finding the top young athletes of the country and nurture them for the future. Meanwhile, the first phase of the country's largest youth sports event was held from December 18 to 24 last year with the participation of around 23,000 athletes in 64 districts and upazilas, from where 6,708 athletes qualified for the second phase that took place in eight divisions from January 8 to 13. The final phase will see 2,660 athletes, representing their respective divisions, compete for medals in a total of 159 events including six teams’ disciplines. A total of 340 gold and as many silver medals, as well as 430 bronzes, will be distributed throughout the event.
