DHAKA, March 2, 2023 (BSS)- Tonuroy Tripura of Chattogram division won the gold in the boys' pommel horse gymnastics event of the ongoing Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games held today (Thursday) at the National Sports Council gymnasium in the city.

He scored 10.65 in this event to win the coveted gold medal. Wu Waimong Marma of the Dhaka division bagged the silver medal with a score of 10.55 while Jiban Tripura of the Dhaka division bagged the bronze medal scoring 9.65.
 
Hockey

Khulna Division won gold in girls' hockey when they edged past the Chattogram division by a solitary goal held at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium.

In the day's final match, Eva Khatun scored the all-important goal for Khulna in the 28th minute of the match.

Earlier, the Dhaka division secured bronze in this event after beating the Rajshahi division also by the same identical margin of 1-0 goal in the place-deciding encounter held at the same venue.

Suborna Akter scored the decisive goal for the winning team in the 44th minute of the match.
 
Wrestling
Rangpur division showed dominance in a wrestling events. The Rangpur division won two gold and one bronze medal in three events held in the morning at the Sheikh Russel Roller Skating Complex in the city.

Dipti Roy of Rangpur won gold, Sohela Khatun of Khulna won silver and Faimui Ching Marma of Chattogram and Bristy Chakraborty of Rangpur won bronze in the girls' 36-40 weight category.

While Sifatullah of the Rajshahi division won gold, Ariful Islam of the Khulna division bagged silver and Aminur Rahman of the Chattogram division and Akash Rahman of the Rangpur division secured bronze in the boys' 41-45 kg weight category.

Maheshwar Chandra of the Rangpur division won gold, Hasan Shikdar of the Khulna division bagged silver and Rakib of the Khulna division and Ariful Islam of the Dhaka division secured the bronze medal in the boys' 48 kg weight category.
Basketball
Rangpur and Khulna divisions confirmed their spot in the final in the girls' basketball of the Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games eliminating their respective rivals in the semifinal matches held today at the basketball court of Bangladesh Army Stadium.

In the day's first semifinal, the Rangpur division beat the Dhaka division by 44-10 points while the Khulna division defeated the Chattogram division by 40-18 points. The gold medal of this event will be decided through the final to be held tomorrow (Friday).

Shooting

Zidan Hossain of the Dhaka division won the gold in the boys' 10m air rifles event of Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games with a score of 303.9 points.

Sadman Azmain Rafid of the Dhaka division bagged the silver with 294.8 points and Hriday Ahmed of Dhaka won the bronze with a score of 292.4.

While Zafirah Khanam Chowdhury of the Dhaka division won the gold medal in the girls' event with a score of 310.9, Fatema Akhter Mina of the same division bagged silver with a score of 304 and Mahadia Mahnoor of Chattogram division secured bronze with a score of 299.
Athletics

Aslam Shikdar of Mymensingh division (4 minutes 19.80 seconds) won gold in the boys' 1500m athletics event held at Bangladesh Army Stadium.
Siam Hossain of the Khulna division (4 minutes 19.90 seconds) won silver and Shahadat Hossain of the Dhaka division (4 minutes 20.20 seconds) secured bronze in this event.

While Nupur Karmakar (5 minutes 20.5 seconds) of the Khulna division won gold in the girls' 1500m event, Sushmita Barman (5 minutes 31.54 seconds) of the Rangpur division bagged silver and Shayla Khanam (5 minutes 37.20 seconds) of Khulna division secured bronze medal.

Monirul Mollah (6.62m) of the Khulna division won gold in the boys' long jump, Ifte Hossain Imu (6.62m) of the Khulna division bagged silver and Ashraful Haque (6.60m) of Rangpur division secured bronze medal.

In the girls' shot put, Jayita (10.24m) of the Khulna division won gold, Maria Sheikh Joyta (10.20m) of the Rangpur division bagged silver and Tanzina Akhter Tamanna (9.67m) of the Chattogram division secured bronze medal.

Karate
Double delight for Chattogram division's karateka Ruitam Mro as she won gold in the girls' doubles kumi 50 kg karate event of Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games held at Mirpur Indoor Stadium in the city.
Earlier on Wednesday last, she won gold in the girls' single kata.