DHAKA, March 31, 2022 (BSS)- Seven more new national records have been set up 
on the third day of the Bangabandhu 31st National Swimming, Diving and Water 
Polo competition held today (Thursday) at Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming 
complex in the city's Mirpur. 

Bangladesh Army's Sukumar Rajbongshi set the new national mark in the men's 
50m breaststroke clocking 00:29:70 erasing the previous mark of 00:29:77 
which was made by Ariful Islam in 2019.
  
Bangladesh Navy's Mahmudunnobi Nahid set another new national record in the 
men's 100m butterfly clocking 00:55.42 eclipsing his own previous record of 
00:56.82 which was set in 2019. Earlier, on the second day of the 
competition, he made the new national mark in the men's 50m butterfly event. 
 
Bangladesh Navy's swimmer Sonia Khatun made in the new national mark in the 
women's 100m butterfly with a time of 01:07.77 bettering his own previous 
mark of 01:08.95 which was set in 2019. 
 
Bangladesh Navy's swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi set the new national record in 
the men's 100m backstroke clocking 00:59.83 erasing the old mark of 01:00.76 
which was set by Jewel Ahmed in 2019.
 
Bangladesh Navy's swimmer Suraiya Akter set the new national mark in the 
women's 100m backstrokes with a time of 01:12:37 erasing the previous mark of 
01:13:00 set by Juthi Akter in 2021.
 
Bangladesh Navy featuring Kajol Mia, Mahfizur Rahman, Asif Reza and 
Mahmudunnobi Nahid set the new national mark in the men's 400x200m freestyle 
relay clocking 08:07.18 eclipsing their own previous mark of 08:16.36.
 
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Navy's Nachim Hossain set the new national mark in the 
3m springboard in the diving event clocking 285.4 erasing the previous mark 
of 276.45 which was set by Sadi Mohammad Mohsin in 2019. 
 
Eleven more events - ten in swimming and one in diving - were decided on the 
third day with Bangladesh Navy continuing their domination in the medal tally 
with 27 gold, 21 silver and 10 bronze medals and Bangladesh Army following 
the Navy with 7 gold, 9 silver and 14 bronze medals, Bangladesh Krira Shikkha 
Prothistan stand at third position with 4 silver, and 8 bronze medals and 
Bangladesh Police bagged one bronze medal. 
 
The closing ceremony of the competition will be held tomorrow (Friday) with 
the Chief of Naval Staff and Bangladesh Swimming Federation's president 
Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal NBP, NUP, NDC, FWC, PSC is expected to present in the 
prize distribution and closing ceremony as chief guest and distribute the 
prizes.
 
Youth and Sports Secretary Mesbah Uddin will present as the special guest. 
 
Bangladesh Swimming Federation's senior vice president and Max Group's 
chairman Engineer Golam Mohammad Alamgir will preside over the prize closing 
ceremony.  
 
Near about 580 swimmers from seventy-five teams including divisional sports 
associations, swimming clubs, Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan, Bangladesh 
Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Bangladesh Police and Bangladesh 
Ansar are taking take part in the meet, which is being held to mark the birth 
centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.