Shariful Islam and Shirin Akter retained their 200-metre gold medals as the 39th National Athletics Championship began at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday.
Shariful of Bangladesh Army beat BKSP’s Saiful Islam to clinch the gold medal clocking 21.78 seconds, 0.07 seconds clear of Saiful while Mehedi Hasan of Bangladesh Army finished third.
Meanwhile, Shirin’s timing of 25 seconds was enough for her to retain her gold that she won in the previous meet as the Bangladesh Navy athlete beat her team-mate Shohagi AKter who took 25.10 seconds to finish second.
Sumita Ghosh of Bangladesh Army took 25.97seconds to win the bronze medal in the event.
-With New Age input
