Weightlifter have been achieving regular success at international level with winning medals.But they have no any individual premises to organise the national championship or any tournament. Therefore, they to organise all their competitions, including national and international competitions at the Gymnasium of the National Sports Council (NSC) for year after years.
The participants, judges and visitors all have to gather in a small room which makes a terrible situation. Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation (BWF) has to use the bodybuilding gym in one side during competitions which is quite an insufficient space.
Now it comes very essential for the BWF to an individual space to oranise competitions, practice and even to run the activities of eh federation.
Earlier, national weightlifting competitions were organized in the gymnasium of the old building of the National Sports Council (NSC).
For the last few years, almost all the competitions of weightlifting and gymnastics have been taking place in the gymnasium of NSC.
Weightlifting Federation is situated just opposite to the swimming pool of the Bangabandhu National Stadium (NSC) complex, where in a ground floor one side is used by body building federation, the other side is allocated for weightlifting.
Meanwhile, a total of 23-record were set in both male and female categories in recntly concluded national competition with Bangladesh Army lifters were the best performers in both categories of male and female in the final day of the competition. But surpassing the national records, were set by the lifters, discussions were much about the insufficient and congested spaces rather than the records, as the place is not at all an ideal venue to organise any competitions.
BWF General Secretary Lt. Colonel (retd) Nazrul Islam admitting all about their limitations, said, “We need an enough and better spaces to organise competitions. The NSC and the Ministry are aware of the matter. Hope they will take necessary steps to solve the problems.”
Retired Wing Commander Mohiuddin Ahmed is the Vice-President of BWF. He has been associated with this federation for a long time who once was also an official of the NSC.
Regarding the trouble of the federation to orgasie competitions and necessity of an ideal room for practice, he said, “We have shortage of spaces to oraganise competitions for a long. We have bee facing enormous troubles during the competitions. Due the problems, players fail to show their real efforts.”
“Not only insufficient of proper infrastrusture for weightlifting, players also have been deprived from financial help and the recognitions the deserved.”
Meanwhile, 18 of out 23 records were set in the women’s categories and only five records were men's category when all three records of men set by the Army man Ziarul Islam. But Ashiqur Rahman Taj was the best male player of the competition of the same organization.
All three records of men’s division were set by Ziarul Islam but Ashiqur Rahman Taj was adjudged the best male players, Mohiuddin explained – “The best player adudged not only for making records, but it depends on lifting weights, in which category and how much weight a lifter can lift.
Smriti Akhtar won the best prize in the women’s category. Bangladesh Army’s Shahria Sultana was awarded with the best coach while Hamidul Islam, who won gold in the SA Games in 2010, was the best coach in the men's category.
