Age Group National Swimming ends with 23 new national marks
The three-day BRB Cables 26th Age Group National Swimming Championship concluded Saturday at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur featuring 23 new national records in 100 events of the meet.
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) clinched the top slot securing 45 gold medals, 50 silver and 25 bronzes while Bangladesh Ansar finished a close second with 45 gold medals, 25 silver and 21 bronzes.
Agrajatra Swimming Club of Munshiganj are in the distant third position with four gold, two silver and one bronze medal while Bogra Swimming Center, Alamgir Swimming Club, Shelaidah Swimming Club, Rajshahi DSA and Lalanshah Swimming Club bagged one gold medal each.
Jewel Ahmed of Bangladesh Ansar emerged as the best boys’ swimmer securing 10 individual gold medals with seven national records while Nazma Khatun, also from Bangladesh Ansar, the best girls’ swimmer bagging nine individual gold medals with seven national marks.
In addition to making two national records today, Jewel Ahmed earlier made national records in five events – 100-m freestyle, 200-m individual medley, 400-m freestyle, 100-m backstroke and 400-m individual medley.
Nazma Khatun earlier won six gold medals with new national records in the 100-m backstroke, 200-m freestyle, 200-m individual medley, 100-m butterfly, 50-m freestyle and 200-m backstroke in addition to today’s one record.
Bangladesh Swimming Federation President and Chief of Bangladesh Navy Vice Admiral Zahiruddin Ahmed was the chief guest in the day’s closing function and later distributed the prizes.
Six more new national records were made on the 3rd and last day of the meet raising the total national records to 23.
Of the last day, Jewel Ahmed set up national records in 1500-m freestyle and 100-m butterfly, Nazma Khatun in 400-m freestyle, Nagib Khandokar of Lalanshah Swimming Club in 50-m frrestyle, Shika Khatun of BKSP in 50-meter freestyle and Palash Chowdhury of BKSP in 200-m breaststroke.
In the diving competition, BKSP swimmers lifted all the three gold medals with new national records in all the events.
Sarwar Hossain bagged the gold in five-meter platform diving, Saadi Mohammad Mohsin in one-meter springboard diving and Anik Islam in three-meter springboard diving.
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