Bangladesh Navy鈥檚 Rinky Biswas set a new national record in the women鈥檚 10,000-metre following her records in the 3,000-metre and 5,000-metre races as the three-day-long National Summer Athletics Championships concluded at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday.
Bangladesh Army emerged champions in the competition with 62 medals 鈥� 26 gold, 21silver, and 15 bronze 鈥� followed by Navy with 41 medals 鈥� 13 gold, 16 silver, and 12 bronze.
A total of seven new national records were made, including three new national records on the final day.
Rinky clocked 39:14:50 seconds to cross the distance and break the previous record of 41:09:32 seconds made by the Army鈥檚 Papia Khatun in December 2022.
The runner from Lohagara, Narail, on Saturday clocked 10:27.60 seconds to cross the 3,000m distance to break her previous record of 10:43:30 seconds, created in 2021.
The 20-year-old Rinky also set a new national record in the women鈥檚 5,000m race, clocking 18:20 seconds on the opening day of the meet, breaking the previous record of 18:49:31 seconds set by her team-mate Shamsunnahar Ratna in 2024.
Apart from three records, Rinky, daughter of a fisherman, won gold in the women鈥檚 1,500-metre race, clocking 4:48.04 seconds.
Since 2018, Rinky has set five records in the long-distance race and bagged 18 gold medals on the national stage.
鈥業 had been working hard for the last six months, and I was confident that my hard work would pay off. Finally, I won four gold medals with three record timings,鈥� Rinky told 抖阴精品 when she was asked about her achievements in this year鈥檚 competition.
However, the fastest man in the country, Imranur Rahman, had to leave the track, suffering a hamstring injury in the middle of the men鈥檚 200-metre sprint event, as army鈥檚 Tariq Rahman clocked 22.04 seconds to win gold in the event.
鈥楾his is my first gold in the 200-metre event, and I managed it in my second attempt鈥� Now, I will take preparation for the 2026 South Asian Games,鈥� said Tariq.
Imranur, who reclaimed the title of the country鈥檚 fastest man upon his return to the track after a year-long break at the meet on Friday, struggled to even cross 30-metre聽 before aggravating the injury he had been carrying in the lead-up to the 2024 Olympics.
In the women鈥檚 200-metre event, Army鈥檚 Sharifa Khatun clocked 25.24 seconds to dethrone Navy sprinter Shirin Akter, a 16-time fastest woman of the country.
鈥楾his is my first gold in the 200-metre since I started to take part at the national meet in 2018. I never imagined winning gold in this event. I always finished behind Shirin apu [Akter] in this event,鈥� said an overwhelmed Sharifa.
Army鈥檚 Jannatul set a new national record by crossing 12.49 metres in the triple jump event breaking the previous record of 12.38 metres made by Sonia Akhter.
Sourav Mia of Army set a new national record in the pole vault event by clearing 4.51 metres to break the previous record of 4.50-metre held by Shaon Mia.
