Mabia earns eighth place

Mabia Aktar, gold winner in SAFF Games could not succeed in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games where she ended up lifting a total of 181 KGs.

In snatch, Mabia lifted 74 KGs in her first attempt and 78 KG in her second attempt. She failed in her attempt for 80 KG. In Clean and Jerk, Mabia lifted 100 KG in her first attempt. In her second attempt, she lifted 103 KG.

Boxer Salim Hossain lost to India’s Mohammed Hussam Uddin by 5-0 in the Round of 16 matches of Men’s Over 54kg- 57kg (Featherweight) category on Monday at the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham. Salim was at the blue corner while his opponent was at the red corner. Out of five judges, four gave Salim 27 points and one gave him 25 points while Salim got 30 points from each one of them.

In swimming, Sukumar Rajbonashi participated in Men’s 50m Breaststroke. In his heat, Sukumar came sixth out of eight swimmers with a timing of 29.96 seconds. Out of 40 swimmers who competed in this event, Sukumar earned 30th place. He took 2.86 seconds more than the top finishers, Michael Houlie and Adam Peaty who finished on 27.10 seconds.

In Men’s 100M Butterfly, Mahamudun Nobi Nahid finished fourth in his heat with a timing of 56.78 seconds. Out of 47 swimmers who finished the event, Nahid was 26th. He took 5.42 seconds more than the topper Joshua Liendo Edwards.