Seven national records set in 18th National Summer Athletics

Athletes set a total of 7 new national records during the 18th National Summer Athletics, including 2 on Saturday, the second day of the competition.
On Saturday, at the National Stadium in Dhaka, Rinki Biswas of the Navy won the gold medal in the women's 5000-meter run, setting a new national record with a time of 18:08.50 minutes. She had previously set a record in the same event in 2025 with a time of 18:20.00 minutes; this time, Rinki broke her own record. In the women's 3000-meter run, Priya Akter of the Navy finished first, setting a new national record with a time of 10:24.38 minutes. The previous record for this event-10:27.60 minutes-had been set in 2025 by Rinki Biswas, also representing the Navy.

Other notable events on Saturday at the National Stadium included the 110-meter hurdles, where the gold medalist finished with a time of 14.30 seconds. In the 100-meter hurdles, Tasmia Hossain of BKSP won the gold medal with a time of 14.83 seconds.

In the men's high jump, Mahfuzur Rahman of the Navy secured the gold medal with a jump of 2.10 meters. Additionally, in the men's 400-meter run, Lusad Islam of the Bangladesh Army clocked 47.59 seconds, while in the women's 400-meter run, Barsha Khatun of the Army won the gold medal with a time of 56.20 seconds. On the afternoon of the final day, Md. Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, MP, Honorable Minister of Water Resources, attended as the chief guest and distributed prizes to the winners. Sultan Salauddin Tuku, MP, Honorable State Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, was present as a special guest. Also in attendance at the prize-giving ceremony were Mohammad Abdullah Jaber, President of the Bangladesh Athletics Federation; Advocate Ali Imam Tapan, General Secretary; and Joint Secretaries Md. Manjur Morshed and Mahbubul Alam Tuku.

On Friday, the first day of the event, athletes set five new national records.

A total of 30 events were concluded over the two days. The Bangladesh Army leads the medal table with 46 medals-17 gold, 12 silver, and 17 bronze. The Bangladesh Navy holds second place with 34 medals (12 gold, 16 silver, and 6 bronze), while BKSP stands in third place with 1 gold and 1 silver medal.

The title sponsor for this year's 'Coco 18th National Summer Athletics Competition' is 'Dhaka South City Corporation,' with 'Anwar Ispat' serving as the 'Powered By' sponsor. Platinum sponsors include Orion Group, Kai Aluminium, Sheltech, TK Group, Meghna Group, Alpha Elevator & Engineering Ltd., Goni Group, Noman Group, AKS, Rupali Bank Ltd., PRAN Group, and Samir Enterprise. Additionally, the gold sponsors are Steeltech, Prime Islami Life Insurance Limited, Anwar Cement, Sezan, Anwar Cement Sheet, Dhaka WASA, BUET, Altech Aluminium, Exploit, and Profom.