Four new records on first day of nat'l swimming

Four new national records were set on the first day of Bangabandhu 31st National Swimming, Diving and Water Polo competition that began from Tuesday at Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming complex in city's Mirpur area, reports BSS.

Samiul Islam Rafi of Bangladesh Navy set the new national record in the men's 50m backstroke clocking 00:27.38 erasing the previous mark of 00:28.12 set by Bangladesh Army's swimmer Jewel Ahmed in 2019.

Bangladesh Army's swimmer Jewel Ahmed broke his won national record in the men's 200m butterfly with a time of 02:10.25 eclipsing his own previous record of 02:11.57 which was made in 2019.

Bangladesh Navy's swimmer Sonia Akter set the new national record in the women's 200m butterfly clocking 02:31.75 erasing the swimmer Junaina's previous record of 02:34.14 which was made in 2019.