Bangladesh Archery team clinched two silver and one bronze medal in the 2021 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage 1, concluded at the Korean city of Gwang Ju on Friday. Six BKSP archers took part in the five-day Asian meet under the banner of Bangladesh team. Read: World Cup silver medalist Bangladesh Archery team return home Sheikh Sajib and Puspita Zaman of Bangladesh clinched the silver medal of the mixed team event losing to Korean pair Kim Jongho and SO Chaewon Korean by 146-155 score in the final on the last day of the meet on Friday.  In the men's compound team, Bangladesh team comprising Sheikh Sajib, Himu Basar and Asif Mahmud also earned the silver medal losing against Choi Yonghee, Kang Donghyeon and Kim Jongho of Korea by 205-235 score in the final. Read: Bangladesh win first silver in Archery World Cup Besides, Prodipta Chakma and Rajani Akter of Bangladesh won a bronze medal in the recurve mixed team event. Bangladesh team will return home Sunday.

An 11-member Bangladesh Archery team left Dhaka for Switzerland Sunday morning to participate in the World Archery Championships. The global event will take place between May 17-23 in the Swiss city of Lausanne. Also read: Heralding a new era in Bangladesh Archery Bangladeshi archers will compete in stage-2 of six events – men's recurve individual and team, women's recurve individual and team, recurve mixed team and men's compound individual. The Bangladesh team includes head coach Martin Frederick, coach Ziaul Haque; Ruman Shana, Ram Krishna Saha, Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Tamimul Islam, Ashim Kumar Das, Beauty Roy, Diya Siddiqui and Mehnaj Akhter Monira. Also read: National archery: Ruman Shana finishes with bronze consolation Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol, general secretary of Bangladesh Archery Federation, also accompanied the team as a delegate.