Shirin breaks national record when Imranur completes sprint double

Bangladesh Navy's Imranur Rahman completed a sprint double while compatriot Shirin Akter stole the show by rewriting the national record in the women's 200 metres at the Koko 18th National Summer Athletics Competition in Dhaka on Sunday.

Imranur, who had already claimed the men's 100m title, again came out on top in the 200m, clocking 21.18 seconds. Army's Shanto Karmakar finished second in 21.63, with Navy's Rakibul Hasan taking bronze in 21.77.

Shirin produced the headline performance of the day, stopping the clock at 24.35 seconds to set a new national record in the women's 200m. Army's Sharifa Khatun took silver in 25.11 seconds, while teammate Barsha Khatun claimed bronze in 25.33.

The sprint success underlined the Navy's growing grip on Bangladesh's short-distance events, with Shirin adding another chapter to her remarkable domestic record.

Army athletes also dominated the longer track events. Md Shuhanur Rahman won the men's 10,000m in 33:12.40, finishing ahead of Navy's Elahi Sardar (33:43.30) and Army's Sohel Rana (33:48.50).

Mosharraf Hossain, already a 1,500m champion at the meet, added the men's 800m gold in 1:53.53. Army teammate Rakibul Islam was second in 1:54.95, while BKSP's Md Sami Islam Sani took bronze in 1:56.74.

In the pole vault, Army's Md Sourav Mia won gold, with Navy's Saiful Islam and Ferdous Alam taking silver and bronze respectively. All three cleared 4.40m.

Navy's Priya Akter continued her strong showing by winning the women's 800m in 2:17.88. Army's Munni Karmakar finished second in 2:19.35, while Navy's Sumaiya Akter was third in 2:20.83.