The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Bangladeshi shooter Mohammad Imam Hossain made a dismal performance in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as he finished 46th among 51 competitors in the qualifying round of the Men's 10-meter Air Rifle Shooting held at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall on Monday morning.

The lone Bangladeshi shooter's made a total score of 581 against his previous best 585. He scored 95, 98, 96, 97, 95 in the first five attempts and scored full 100 in the sixth and last attempt.

Indian wonder boy Abhinav Bindra won the first-ever individual Olympic gold for his country by clinching the top slot in the Men's 10-meter Air Rifles beating event's Olympics record holder Qinan Zhu of China.

Earlier, India earned eight Olympics gold, all in the field hockey.

Bangladesh swimmer Mohammad Rubel Rana, surprisingly started Bangladesh Olympics campaign on Sunday, after change of his event on three occasions.

Rubel Rana was earlier scheduled to compete in 100m backstroke, later BOA informed that he would compete in 50m backstroke and again his event was changed to 50m freestyle on Aug 15.

But finally, Rubel Rana participated in the men's 100 meter backstroke on Sunday and finished last among the 45 competitors in 1:04.42 seconds, worse than his previous best 1:02.33 seconds.

Matt Grevers of USA clinched the overall top slot in the heats of the event with Games record timing of 53.41 seconds.

Rubel competed in heat number one and naturally placed bottom among the five swimmers. Danil Bugakov of Uzbekistan won the top slot in heat number one clocking 56.59 seconds but ultimately placed overall 39th.

In the remaining events for Bangladesh, swimmer Dolly Akhter will participate in the heat of the Women's 50-meter freestyle on Aug 14 at 18:30 pm at the National Aquatic center in Beijing.

Athlete Mohammad Abu Abdullah will compete in the heat of men's 100-meter sprint on Aug 15 at 10:30 am, while another athlete Nazmun Nahar Beauty will contest in the women's 100-meter sprint on Aug 16 in the morning, both at the Games' premier venue -- National Stadium in Beijing.

Out of 28 disciplines of Beijing Olympics sports, five Bangladeshi sportsmen are taking part in three disciplines --athletics, swimming and shooting.