Athletes set seven national records at Summer Athletics Championship

Seven national records were broken during the first two days of the 18th National Summer Athletics Championship held at the Dhaka National Stadium.

In the women's 5000m race, Rinki Biswas of the Bangladesh Navy secured gold and set a new national record with a time of 18:08.50, improving upon her own previous record. Her teammate, Priya Akter, also set a new national record in the women's 3000m race, finishing in 10:24.38.

Other gold medalists include Tasmia Hossain (BKSP) in the women's 100m hurdles, Mahfuzur Rahman (Navy) in the men's high jump, Lusad Islam (Army) in the men's 400m, and Barsha Khatun (Army) in the women's 400m.

The Bangladesh Army currently leads the medal tally with 46 total medals, including 17 gold, 12 silver, and 17 bronze. The Bangladesh Navy follows in second place with 34 medals.