Alif stuns Ruman as youthful archers come to the fore
Unheralded Abdur Rahman Alif stunned archery star Ruman Sana in the semifinal before clinching the gold medal in the men's recurve specific event of the Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Victory Time Archery tournament yesterday.
None of the SA Games gold medallists, except Iti Khatun, could actually shine in a tournament where just 27 archers participated. The individuals had all been area of the national camp at Shaheed Ahsan Ulllah Expert Stadium in Tongi prior to the come back of competitive archery after 11 months, including the long lay-off due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The archers had almost been out of competition since the clean sweep in 10 archery events of the South Asian Games in Nepal previous December however they were engaged in training for the now-deferred Tokyo Olympics till March 25 before the government instructed to close all athletics following a Covid-19 outbreak. The archers then slowly but surely started training from the center of August and possessed gotten nearly four a few months of practice before the competition, which finished yesterday.
Alif, a grade-nine scholar of BKSP, outclassed his grade-11 teammate Prodipta Chakma by 6-0 place points to win the gold medal in your competition full of national archers. Ruman -- the country's second athlete to get direct qualification to the summertime Olympics -- shed to Tamimul Islam by 0-6 set items in the bronze-medal selecting match.
"I had a trouble in shooting, that's why I could not succeed. You know might be found can occur as the effectiveness isn't usually the same. So, I am not concerned about it and not possibly unhappy with the efficiency, because I believe I can keep coming back strongly through hard work," Tokyo Olympics qualifier Ruman Sana advised The Daily Superstar yesterday.
"I have been working on fixing my shooting problems and if I can gain confidence found in the coming times and get opportunities to take up tournaments regularly, I believe I can do well," said the SA Video games gold medallist.
"It is also a good sign for us that junior archers happen to be performing well as they made world-class scores. They also played well in the knockout matches with Tamimul and Alif carrying out well. Alif may be the most junior archer, but did effectively. It is also an excellent sign that the united states will not depend just on Ruman because junior archers happen to be also making their occurrence felt. I hope various Ruman Sanas will come to be produced in the near future and these junior players will bring medals from Olympics or Environment Championships, regardless if I can't do it," explained Ruman.
Simply Iti Khatun, another SA Games gold medallist, stayed true to create and won the gold medal by simply beating Beauty Roy 6-5 in the women's recurve individual event while Mahanaz Akter Monira won bronze beating Diya Siddique 6-4.
In the men's compound individual event, Ashiquzzaman grabbed gold by beating Siam Siddik by 139-138 issues and SA Games gold medallist Sohel Rana needed to be quite happy with a bronze medal with a 145-139 win over Ashim Kumer Das.
In the women's recurve individual event, Shyamoli Roy beat Banna Akter in a tiebreak to win gold following the match was tied at 141-141. Tania Rima gained bronze in the same function.
In the blended recurve event, the pair of Alif and Beauty Roy beat Emdadul Haque Milon and Eti Khatun to win gold by 6-0 set factors while Ashim and Rima beat Sohel and Bonna 154-151 to bag mixed compound gold.
