Jamil, a BKSP alumni, is a former national gymnast and coach of BJMC gymnastic team from 2013 to 2019, elaborated the wider impact of sudden termination of hundreds of BJMC athletes and coaches, including him just before the turn of New Year. Some pleas to support the struggling athletes are also underway. Discipline wise, athletics have the most number of players at BJMC totaling around 100, said Mohammad Abdul Quddus, the co-coordinator official of BJMC. Also a founder-cum-player, he joined as BJMC cycling coach in 1997 as casual worker before the job got permanent in 1999. Quddus said, “BJMC is considered as the ‘nursery’ stage of many national athletes.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 16, 2020 14:03 UTC