Dhaka, Aug 31 (UNB)- Bangladesh Navy have emerged as champions in the Trust Bank 15th National Summer Athletics Competition 2019 bagging 19 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals.
The 2-day long meet, organised by Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF), ended at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday.
Bangladesh Army became runners-up claiming 14 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze medals while BJMC finished 3rd securing 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
Among others, Bangladesh Jail finished 4th securing 1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze; Bangladesh Ansar & VDP finished 5th securing 1 gold and 3 bronze; Bangladesh Air Force finished 6th earning 2 bronze and Kurigram DSA finished 7th claiming one bronze.
On the last day, athletes of Bangladesh Navy created new national records in three events.
In women’s 200-metre, Shirin Aktar of Bangladesh Navy created a new national records with a timing of 24.97 seconds while in men’s high jump, Mahfuzur Rahman of Bangladesh Navy created new national record jumping 2.15 metres.
In the women’s 4×100 relay, Bangladesh Navy team comprising Shirin, Sohagi, Disha and Tamanna registered new national record with a timing of 48.29 seconds.
Gold medalist 36 events: marathon – Firoz Khan (Army), men’s hammer throw – Mahfuz Hasan (Navy), men’s 1,500m – Al Amin (Army), women’s 1,500m – Sumi Aktar (Army), women’s shot put – Sraboni Mollik (Ansar & VDP), men’s triple jump – Sohel Rana (Army), women’s high jump – Umme Hafsa Rumki (Jail), women’s 100m hurdles – Tamanna Aktar (Navy), women’s 100m sprint – Shirin Aktar (Navy), men’s 100m sprint – Hasan Mia (Army), men’s 110m hurdles – Mirza Hasan (Army), men’s 400m – Zahir Raihan (Nary) and women’s 400m – Sumi Akter (Army), spear throwing- Jannat Begum (BJMC), pole vault- Saiful Islam (Navy), women’s 3000m- Mst Sumi Aktar (Army), men’s shot put- M Ibrahim (Navy), men’s 5000m- Md Al Amin (Army), men’s 4×100 relay- Ismail, Rakib, Rauf and Masbah (Navy), women’s 4×100 relay- Shirin, Sohagi, Disha and Tamanna (Navy), men’s 20m walk- Md Rahim Uddin (Army), women’s long jump- Sharmin Aktar Lata (Army), men’s discus throwing- Faruq Ahmed (Navy), women’s discus throwing- Zakiya Aktar (Navy), men’s 400m hurdles- Ebad Ali (Navy), women’s 200m sprint- Shirin Aktar (Navy), men’s 200m sprint- Saiful Islam Khan (Navy), men’s 3000m steeple chase- Sohel Rana (Army), men’s 800m- Rakibul Islam (Navy), women’s 800m- Mst Sumi Aktar (Army), men’s high jump- Mahfuzur Rahman (Navy), men’s 10000m- Md Asif Bishwas (Navy), men’s long jump- M Al Amin (Navy), men’s javelin throw- Md Monirujjaman (Army), men’s 4x400m- Zahir, Saiful, Asharafujjaman and Mamun (Navy), women’s 4x400m- Shirin, Sabiha, Sohagi and Tamnna (Navy).This year, a record 498 athletes, including 103 women from 55 teams, are taking part in 36 events of the meet.UNB
