Baki, Disha win gold in Islamic Games

Sports Correspondent: Bangladeshi shooters Abdullahel Baki and Syeda Atkiya Hasan Disha won gold in the 10m air rifle team event in the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday.

The pair clinched first gold medal for Bangladesh on the second day of the games in a new event, mixed team, beating their Iran's Najmeh Khedmati and Pourya Norouziyan pair by 5-1 points in the final. A Turkish pair won the event's bronze medal.

This is the first ever gold medal from the Islamic Solidarity Games for Bangladesh, who had previously won a silver and a bronze medal in the previous edition in 2013.

Commonwealth Games silver medalist shooter Abadulla Hel Baki made a frustrating result being placed 5th in his favourite event.

Earlier on Saturday, shooter Rabbi Hasan Munna clinched the first silver medal for Bangladesh in the men's 10 metre air rifles scoring 245.5 points on the very first day at the Baku Shooting Centre.

President of Bangladesh Olympic Association General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq and Secretary General Syed Shahed Reza congratulated the Bangladeshi gold winning shooters for their feat in the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games.

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