Four new records in weightlifting on final day
The curtains descended on the eighth Bangladesh Games through a circumspect closing ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday as the nine-day Games came to a conclusion.
Speculation was rife that there will be a discreet closing programme and it was proven to be right as there were no attractive performances or appealing fireworks in memory of all the numerous lives lost to the Savar tragedy.
The 45-minute formal gathering started at 7pm with all the participants marching in the stadium in time before the speech of the chairman of the Games’ organising committee, also the finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. The Games’ mascot, Tarunnya then departed the stadium which was followed by the closure of the Games’ torch.
In the final day of the eighth Bangladesh Games, seven gold medals were decided in three disciplines, including four new national records that were created in the weightlifting discipline.
The Dhaka district grabbed the kho-kho gold medal with Quantum Foundation attaining silver and Bandarban taking home the bronze medal while Bangladesh Ansar increased their medal tally with 2 golds from the cycling discipline on Sunday.
In the weightlifting discipline, 10 new records were set in its third day while Farhad Ali of Bangladesh Army won the 105kg category event by lifting a record 281kg. Bangladesh Ansar’s Firoz Mahmud claimed a new national record when he lifted an overall 272kg to lift the gold medal.
In the women’s category, Firoza Parvin of Ansar lifted an overall 135kg in the 69kg event to ensure a new record. Firoza’s teammate Rokeya Sultana Sathi won the gold medal in the over-69kg weight category when she lifted an overall 133kg which was a new national record.
In the last day of cycling, Toriqul Islam of Bangladesh Ansar won the 1000m sprint gold while BJMC’s Abdul Hakim and Shawpon Alam received the silver and bronze medal respectively.
In the women’s 1000m sprint, Ansar’s Akashi Sultana grabbed gold and she was followed by BJMC’s Shilpi Akhter and Nabila Yasmin Mala.
-With New Age input
