Two records on Day 3
National records continued to tumble in the MM Group 27th National Swimming Championships as three new records were set on the third day of the four-day meet at the Gopalganj Swimming Pool and Gymnasium Complex yesterday.
The two records took the number of total records set over the three days, on hand timing, to 13 out of a total of 28 events settled. Mahfuza Khatun Shila and Nazma Khatun of Bangladesh Navy produced one record each while Navy's women's team set a new record in the 4X200m freestyle relay yesterday.
Shila, who had broken her own record in the 100m breaststroke on the second day, eclipsed the 50m breaststroke record by clocking 34.85 seconds. The previous record of 35.21 seconds was set by Dolly Akhter of Bangladesh Ansar in 2010.
Nazma followed the footsteps of her senior teammate by setting her second national record of these championships yesterday in the 50m butterfly clocking 31.73 seconds. Papia Akhter of BKSP held the previous record with a time of 31.96 seconds, set in the 2013 Bangladesh Games.
Meanwhile, Mahfizur Rahman Sagar continued his gold spree as he won his fifth gold medal in the 4X200 freestyle relay, teaming up with Asif Reza, Nazrul Islam and Rubel Rana.
Bangladesh Navy topped the table with 20 gold while Bangladesh Army were behind Navy with nine gold medals.
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