Bangladesh's Jinnat Akter was accorded a reception by the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) after returning home with a bronze medal from the women's 52kg wushu event at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

Jinnat arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early 2:30am on Saturday from Aichi-Nagoya, where BOA officials welcomed her with flowers.

Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Mohammad Ullah, National Sports Council Director (Sports) Mohammad Jahed Parvez Chowdhury, BOA executive committee member Russell Kabir Sumon and officials of the Bangladesh Wushu Federation were present on the occasion.

Jinnat's bronze medal marked a notable achievement for Bangladesh at the Asian Games and is expected to inspire the country's athletes to pursue further success on the international stage.

Earlier, Bangladesh's Female wushu athlete Jinnat Akter has secured a bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after advancing to the women's 52kg wushu semifinal, ending the country's four-decade wait for an individual medal at the continental multi-sport event.

Jinnat lost 4-0 to China’s Yu Di in the semifinal today but was assured of a bronze after reaching the last four.

Twenty-three-year-old Jannat earlier received a first-round bye and advanced to the semifinal without fighting in the quarterfinal after Indonesia’s Tharisa Florentina was disqualified for being overweight.

Fifteen athletes entered the event, which meant two bronze medals were awarded alongside gold and silver.

"This is my first international Games. By the grace of Allah, I have won a medal here. I could not sleep throughout the night before the semifinal," Jinnat said after her victory.

She called for better training facilities and foreign coaching support to help develop wushu in Bangladesh.

“We badly need our own venue for year-round intensive training. We also need foreign coaches. With these facilities, wushu can go much further in Bangladesh,” she said.

Jinnat’s bronze ended a 40-year wait for Bangladesh’s second individual Asian Games medal. Boxer Mosharraf Hossain won the country’s first individual medal, also bronze, at the 1986 Seoul Games.