Bangladesh archer Diya Siddiqueis readyto become the youngestcontestantto requirehalfwithin theathletic contestwhenshe gains a wildcard onMondayfor this year’s Games inTokyo.
The InternationalOlympicCommitteesetto award wildcards to four archers onthe rearof promising performances and Diya wasone amongthe recipients there.
The 17-years-old, createdher mark at the international stage inMaythroughouttheArcheryWorld Cup Stage 2 in Lausanne, Switzerland where she along with Ruman Shana won silver in the recurve mixed team event.
That was Bangladesh’s first silver medal on the world stage in archery and Bangladesh Archery Federation’s general secretary Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapal informed that her performance in that competition prompted World Archery to nominate her name for the Wildcard to the IOC.
Before hearing the news of her wildcard, Diya got eliminated from the Final Qualifiers in Paris after losing to 23rd seed Ana Umer of Slovenia in a tie-breaker by 5-6 set points.
Earlier, she defeated 62nd seeded Leithold Florencia of Argentina by 6-0 set points in the second round. Diya is overall the sixth athlete from Bangladesh set to take part in the showcase event, scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8.
Diya, also the fifth athlete after swimmers Junaina Ahmed and Ariful Islam, shooters Abdullah Hel Baki and runner Jahir Rayhan to secure wildcard berths for the Olympics.