& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Rashed breaks 22-yr old record

Lap controversy in Nat'l Athletics meet

Sports Reporter
The Walton 37th National Athletics Championship got underway with a national record in javelin throw but the real talking point of the day turned out to be the declaration of the 5000-metre run winner at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Rasheduzzaman, a lance corporal of Bangladesh Army, cleared adistance of 63.74 metres to break the 22-year standing record of 63.58 meters set byArifiil Haq in 1990.
This was Rasheduzzaman's third win in three years the event and his previous best was 62 metres which he set in practice.
“I had a dream of setting the national record after I switched from volleyball to javelin throw and the dream came true today,” said the lad from Rangpur.
However the big controversy arose in the 5000m run, where Army man Jamrul Islam was declared the winner even though it appeared that Amir Ali Khasru of Chittagong DSA finished ahead of Jamrul and started celebrating his first gold at the national-level competition.
However, the celebration was cut short as he was informed that he ran one lap less than the others. The jury board, headed by Abdul Khaleq, decided that Jamrul was the winner at 16 min 36.1 sec while Rafiqul of
Bangladesh Army and Enamul Haq of Ansar and VDP were declared second and third respectively.
But the judgement of the jury board raised questions why Khasru was not informed immediately about his number of laps. The more puzzling question was the fact that time-keepers and chest-recorders also claimed to be not aware of Khasru's laps.
"I kept with both the Army men from the beginning and finished ahead of them but I was now told that I ran a lap less than the others.
"I finished third with a time of 16.32 minutes during inter-department sports in Bangladesh Jute Corporation Mills last month and I can show you certificate,” said Khasru as he burst into tears.
Army coach Kitab Ali claimed that it was the right decision taken by the jury board as he said: "In my 30-year experience in athletics, I have never seen any unknown athlete win the5000m gold.”
When the chief judge Abdul Khalek was asked to show the documents, the veteran judge failed to produce any although he claimed he has records of Khasru's laps.
"I didn't make any mistake and the winner of 5000m was declared accordingly,” said Khalek. The Chittagong DSA lodged a complaint with the appeal board headed by BAF president ASM Ali Kabir while other participating districts are planning to boycott the meet.
Meanwhile on the first day, a total of 11 events were decided with Bangladesh Army leading the medals tally with seven gold, five silver and two bronze while BJMC were in second position with two gold, a silver and a bronze.
Earlier in the morning. Communications Minister Obaidul Kader inaugurated the three-day meet as the chief guest.