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Nationals conclude with 9 new records

Army rule the pool

Sports Reporter
Predictably enough. Bangladesh Army with a haul of nine golds, as many stivers and
talncd their premier position In the four-day fourteenth national swimming championships which concluded at the Dhaka Stadium swimming pool yesterday.
In the bargain, the formidable Army swimmers also rewrote five of the nine national marks that went overboard In the championships.
Army owed their success mainly to their ace free-styter Havilder Shamsul Islam, who bettered three of his own records — the 100. 200 and 400 metres frec-style — and had a hand in a fourth title — the 4x200m free-style relay.
Bangladesh Navy, who finished a close second in an esscnUally two-horse race behind Army. collected eight gold medals, seven silver and three bronze medals. One of these golds came In the wa-terpolo event in which Navy became only the second side after BDR In '978 to deny Army their monopoly.
Of the ten other teams which participated in the swimming events only two — Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Krtra Shikkhya Protlsthan (BKSP) — mustered enough tak-nt to feature in the final medal table while everybody else drew a blank. So much for competition.
Air Force managed five bronzes while BKSP couldn't improve upon their solitary bronze which thdy won on the opening day. Tuesday.
The highlights of the con eluding day were the creation of three more records, two by Navy and one by an Army
swimmer.
The day's first record was set by Navy's aec swimmer Selim Miah tn the )00m but terfly. Selim Miah clocked 1:01.60, breaking MAH Dhali's (also of Navy) record timing of 1: 01.96 which was set in 1985. Army's Abdus Salam, who participated in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, came second while Deen Amin of Navy took the bronze.
Army's frec-style king Shamsul Islam maintained his stature as the best In the coun try when he broke his own record in the 100m frec-style, clocking 57.34 secs. The previous timing was 57.84 secs. Havilder liarunur Rashid, who became the fastest swimmer of the country by shattering the 5Om frec-style record Thurs
day had to sctlk- for the silver while Navy’s Akhtcruzzaman took the bronze.
Iliyas Hossain of Navy wrote his name in the record books when he won the gold medul in the 15OOm free-stylc. He edged past the previous record holder Army's Asaduzzaman in an improved timing of 18:38.75 secs. Asaduzzaman had to be content with the silver followed another soldier, Shah Alam, in third position.
The Bangladesh Army quartet comprising of Havfldar Harunur Rashid. Taqbir Hossain. Yasin All and Shamsul Islam won the 4x100 m freestyle relay.
The Navy quartet took the silver and Air Force the
Havtlder Abdul Mannan struck gold lor Army when he won the lOOm backstroke Two sailors. Nazniul Kabir and Deen Islam, finished second and third respectively.
Petty Officer Mukhiesur Rahman of Navy came out first tn the 100m breaststroke Kabir Ahmed and Nurul Islam, both Army, finished second and third.
In all. 80 swimmers and 172 waterpolo players participated tn the meet, organised by the Bangladesh Swimming Federation.