For Parul Akhter, Khushi Khatun and Siddikur Rahman it was not just an ordinary competition. They have just returned from Special Olympics, yet the National Age-Level Swimming was more than special to them as it has opened the door for three intellectually disabled swimmers to compete with regular swimmers. Parul, a 14-year old swimmer from Dhamrai
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Age-level swimming ends
The 31st National Age-Level Swimming and Diving Competition ended on Thursday with 27 new national records in three days at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Dhaka. In the last day, nine new records were set with BKSP boy Ariful Islam maintaining his dominance in 18-20 age-level to finish the competition with 12 ... Read more
Swimming camp from today
A residential camp will start today at the Bangladesh Navy Swimming Pool in Banani under the supervision of the Bangladesh Swimming Federation ahead of the 15th FINA World Swimming Championship in Barcelona and 2nd Youth Asian Games in Nanjing, informed a press release of the BSF on Monday.
Golden comeback for Dolly Akhter
Dolly Akhter came out of retirement to win a gold medal on the final day of swimming discipline in the Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Wednesday. Dolly, a veteran of two Olympics, who went into retirement two years was ago, was persuaded by her team Bangladesh Ansar to return to ... Read more
Jewel sets new record
Bangladesh Army’s Jewel Ahmed proved his new training regime paid rich dividends as he rewrote a new national record in the 1500m free-style in the swimming event of the eighth Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex on Tuesday. Two new national records were created on day
Samedul quits swimming
Veteran swimmer Karar Samedul retired from competitive swimming after he participated in the 50m breast-stroke in the eighth Bangladesh Games at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Tuesday. ‘I think it is the right time for me to retire
Rumana rules pool with records
BKSP’s Rumana Akhter stole the show on the opening day of swimming in the Bangladesh Games by setting two new national records at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Sunday. Rumana won the 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley clocking 2:44:15 and 5:55:20 respectively to create storm in the swimming pool announcing
Swimming goes electronic
The Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) declared that they will organise the swimming events of the forthcoming Bangladesh Games by using the electronic scoreboard, said Rafiz Uddin, general secretary of the BSF on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) earlier
State of swimming and athletics in dire straits
Athletics and swimming, the two key disciplines of the forthcoming Bangladesh Games, are unlikely to match international standard due to a lack of proper equipment and poor venue management. The Games, scheduled from April 20 to 28, will begin with track and field, breaking a long tradition which saw the events being taken place always ... Read more