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Monira pool's golden girl
। Magnificent Mo-I n1ra Rahman I masterminded
BTMC's emcr I genee In the 1 medals table as
the top gold getting outfit of the women's swimming cham pionships of the fifth Bangladesh Games at the
Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex yesterday.
At the end of the second and concluding day Monira, who had earlier achieved a treble of national records on the opening day Saturday, established two more new national records to take her tally of gold medals to six.
The second day of the competition featured seven events, four of which saw new national records, with Rehana Zaman of first day's leaders Ansars sounding the death-knell of an old record. She took 12:35.24 seconds in the 8OOm freestyle. that promptly eclipsed Sltara Begum's feat of 14:49.20 achieved way back in 1981 for BTMC.
Rehana's teammate China Akhtar took 13:28.18 to claim the silver while Shamsun Nahar of Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) picked up the bronze for her effort 13:55.26 secs.
BTMC. who bagged four golds along with Ansars on the opening day. started from where they had left off the previous day.
In the 100m butter-fly Monira Rahman snatched Ihc gold with a record timing of
I 31 03 see She bettered the existing feat of 1:31.15 by Rehana Zaman of Ansars lasl year.
Mita Rant Some of Rajbarl stood second, having taken 138 69 sec to cross the water) distance. Putul Rani Ghosh ol Ansars was left with the bronn for her third position with a
timing of 1:41.95 sec
Mahfuza Rahman of BTMC again- sent the. officials Into scribbling when competing fr the 200m backstroke. The lissome natant took 3:09.75 see — another new record — that abolished the previous feat o1 3:10.87 created by Rehana Zaman of Ansars earlier thia year.
Sumana Akhtar of Ansari came second with a timing ol 3:24.15 while Nibedita Das o Rajbarl DSA managed th< bronze requiring 3:40.45 seconds.
Monira Rahman e lai met her second gold of the daj when she took'3:06.40 in the
2OOm Individual medley.
Rehana Zaman of Ansars required 3:08.98 see. a time thal pushed her to the .second position for the silver. Iler peer Zarina Akhtar finished third clocking 3:28.94 sec.
Jobeda Khanam 111 took the gold tn the ]00m breaststroke. The Ansars mermaid needed 1:33.37 see.
Veteran Mahmuda Sharif ol the same team secured the silver needing 1:33.85 sec. Dilruba Akhtar Nlpu of Jessore collected the bronze for her
time of 1:40 II see.
Fittingly enough. Monira Rahman completed BTMC • gold hunt for the day by snatching the goM tn 100m freestyle She took 1:14.79
Zarina Akhtar of Ansars timed I 21.43 see thal saw her the silver yng. Akl>«ai
of Jessore settled for the bronze in 1:23.78 see.
In the 4x1 00m medley relay. the day's last event, the Ansars quartet of Sumana. Mahmuda Sharif. Rehana and China Akhter set a new national record clocking 5:58.75 sec. shattering the previous mark held also by the Ansars team comprising Sltara, Mahmuda. Suk-kha and Rehana way back in 1987.
The BTMC team consisting of Mahmuda Rahman. Noor-t-Afroz, Monira and Shamsun Nahar claimed the silver requiring 6:07.00 sec.
Jessore comprising Upt. Dilruba. Elchin and Elufa bagged the bronze. They clocked 6:44.38 see.
MED AUS TABI Ji
Following is the final medal table:
BTMC 8 2 2 12
Ansars 7 12 2 2)
Rajbarl 0 13 4
Jessore 0 0 5 5
Narayanganj 0 0 2 2
Munshiganj 0 0 1 I