A 13-member contingent will represent Bangladesh in the 33rd Olympic Games, (Paris Olympics'2024), the biggest sports extravaganza on earth, scheduled for France's capital Paris from July 26 to August 11.

Some 20,714 athletes from 206 countries around the world will compete in 32 sports disciplines in the battle for 329 medals.

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics Games 2024 will be held in the Paris River Seine on July 26.

The Bangladesh contingent, which consists of five athletes and eight officials, will compete in four disciplines of sports: archery, athletics, swimming, and shooting.

M. Sagor Islam will compete in archery, M Samiul Islam Rafi and Sonia Khatun in swimming, and Bangladesh's fastest man, Imranur Rahman, in athletics.

Secretary General of the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA), Syed Shaheed Reza, disclosed the details at a press conference at the Dutch-Bangla Auditorium of BOA on Thursday.

BOA vice president Sheikh Bashir Ahmed and joint secretary and chef de mission of the Bangladesh contingent for the Paris Olympics, Intekhabul Hamid Apu, also spoke on the occasion.

The first batch of Bangladesh contingents, with the archer, shooter, and their officials, will leave the capital on Saturday (July 20), followed by the athletics and swimming teams on July 23 and 24, respectively.

The Bangladesh contingent will start their Olympics campaign on July 25, with Sagor Islam competing in an archery event.

Ace archer Mohammad Sagor Islam, who directly qualified for the Paris Olympics, will also carry the Bangladesh national flag in the march past the opening ceremony.

The General Secretary of the Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation and BOA joint secretary, Intekhabul Hamid Apu, was named as the chef de mission of the Bangladesh contingent.