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Navy nudge further ahead

Sports Reporter
ged further ahead In the medals table with four more golds as two new records
were established on the third and penultimate day of the mens swimming cham pionships at the Navy swim mlng pool at Banant yesterday
Mahbubur Rahman was first among the sailor* to strike gold when he finished the 400m Individual medley in 5:12.18 sec. a record timing that disposed of the previous feat of 5:13.85 sec.
Yasin AH of Army, one of the stars of this meet, finished second to take the silver. He needed 5:16.94 sec
Yasin s fellow-soldier Yunus All Stkdar came third and picked up the bronze for his of 5:16.94 sec.
The Army quartet compris ing the redoubtable Shamsul Islam. Harun-ur-Rashid. Yasin
All and Md Taqbeer Hossain slgnalk-d the end pf the day by stealing Navy's thunder The soldiers set a new Bangladesh Games record In the 4XIOOm free style relay clocking 3:51 19 sec. disccrnlbly better than the previous mark of 3 55 81 sec
The Navy and Aft Force quartets added variety to the break up of the three medals for the event by winning the silver and bronze respectively.
Incidentally, the sailors— Mlzanur Rahman, Oolam Kibrla, Mahbubur Rahman and Ilyas Hossain— also shattered the old record, having bettered the timing despite coming home second.
Yesterday they took 3:55.08 sec, 73 hundredths of a second better than the old mark.
Mlzanur Rahman deposited the second gold In Navy's account when he crossed the pool In 25.58 sec to snatch the gold In the 50m free style.
thus earning for himself the epithet of the fastest swimmer ' of the country
The silver and bronze wen-shared by Army swimmers, f Taqbeer Hossain came second i having taken 25.63 sec while I Harunur Rashid finished third needing 25 69 sec
the gold winner tn the 2OOm backstroke. Hie timing was : 2:30.91 sec.
He was followed by his | peer. Din Islam who got the silver for his effort of 2:33.73 i see while the bronze went to Masudur Rahman of Army who clocked 2:36.96 sec with four events to be decided.
The meet concludes today.
MEDAl^TABIJC
G 8 B T
B Navy 8 8 3 19
B Army 4 3 6 13
BKSP 0112 B Air Force 0 0 2 2