Bangladesh 5th at SAF Games

[Zunaid]

Rank Country       G     S    B    Total 

1       IND        101  59  31      191 

2       PAK         42  55  50      147 

3       SRI         15  33  57      105 

4       NEP          7   6  19       32 

5       BAN          3  11  26       40 

6       AFG          1   3  28       32 

7       BHU          1   3   2        6 

8       MAL          0   0   0        0 

A generally disappointing performance:

1. We should have at least pipped Nepal in the total medal tally. Not conceivable as of now to even think of vying with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
2. We lost to Pakistan in football and bowed out.
3. We only got the bronze in Kabaddi as opposed to the usual silver. Pakistan is coming up fast.

Positives

1. The golds in shooting
2. Swimming - even though we did not get as much as we could have, the performance of our under-trained swimmers was good and we see some new talents. The spirit of Brojen Das and Musharraf Hossain lives on.

[Edited on 7-4-2004 by Zunaid]