Veni, vidi, vici for Imranur
England-based sprinter Imranur Rahman created history in his maiden appearance in the Sheikh Kamal 45th National Athletics Championships at the Army Stadium in Banani yesterday.
By clocking 10.50 seconds in the 100m event, the 28-year-old dethroned Mohammad Ismail as the country's fastest man. Imranur, representing Bangladesh Army, also surpassed a 22-year national record of 10.54 seconds yielded by the late Mahabub Alam during the 1999 South Asian Games.
Furthermore, Imranur came tantalisingly close to matching the fastest South Asian man Saaid Hassan's timing of 10.49 seconds, through which the Maldivian sprinter had bagged gold in the 2019 South Asian Games' 100m event.
Mohammad Rakibul and the four-time fastest man Ismail, both of Bangladesh Navy, stood second and third by clocking 10.66 and 10.69 seconds, respectively.
"I'm happy with my performance," was the first reaction of Imranur, who grew up in Sheffield.
"I want to represent Bangladesh in the South Asian Games and bring a gold medal from a different condition," said the new fastest man. "If I'm given a call to the national team's training, I want to train in England before representing Bangladesh in the international competitions," Imranur added.
BKSP's Sumaiya Dewan also dismantled the long reign of Shirin Akter to become the fastest woman by clocking 12.32 seconds. Navy's Shirin and Sharifa Khatun secured silver and bronze with timings of 12.36 seconds and 12.54 seconds, respectively.
All timings in the aforementioned events have been clocked under the electronic board.
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