Athletes set two new national records on the second day of the 18th Coco National Summer Athletics Competition on Saturday, bringing the total number of records to seven over the first two days at the Dhaka National Stadium.
Bangladesh Navy’s Rinki Biswas set a new national record in the women’s 5,000 metres, winning gold in 18 minutes 8.50 seconds. She broke her own previous record of 18:20.00, set in the same event in 2025.
Another national record came in the women’s 3,000 metres, where Bangladesh Navy’s Priya Akter won gold in 10 minutes 24.38 seconds. The previous record of 10:27.60 was set by her teammate Rinki Biswas in 2025.
Several other notable performances marked the second day. In the men’s 110-metre hurdles, the gold medallist clocked 14.30 seconds, while BKSP’s Tasmia Hossain won the women’s 100-metre hurdles in 14.83 seconds.
Bangladesh Navy’s Mahfuzur Rahman secured gold in the men’s high jump with a leap of 2.10 metres. Bangladesh Army’s Lusad Islam won the men’s 400 metres in 47.59 seconds, while fellow Army athlete Barsha Khatun took gold in the women’s 400 metres in 56.20 seconds.
Water Resources Minister and Member of Parliament Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee attended the afternoon prize-giving ceremony as chief guest and presented awards to the winners. Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock, attended as special guest.
Also present were Bangladesh Athletics Federation President Mohammad Abdullah Zaber, General Secretary Advocate Ali Imam Tapan, and Joint Secretaries Md Manzur Morshed and Mahbubul Alam Tuku.
Athletes established five national records on Friday, the opening day of the competition.
Bangladesh Army leads medal standings
After 30 events over two days, Bangladesh Army leads the medal table with 17 gold, 12 silver and 17 bronze medals, for a total of 46 medals. Bangladesh Navy ranks second with 12 gold, 16 silver and six bronze medals, totalling 34. BKSP stands third with one gold and one silver medal.
Sponsors
Dhaka South City Corporation is the title sponsor of the 18th Coco National Summer Athletics Competition, powered by Anwar Ispat. Platinum sponsors include Orion Group, Kai Aluminium, Sheltech, TK Group, Meghna Group, Alpha Elevator and Engineering Ltd, Goni Group, Noman Group, AKS, Rupali Bank Ltd, PRAN Group and Samir Enterprise. Gold sponsors include Steeltech, Prime Islami Life Insurance Ltd, Anwar Cement, Sejan, Anwar Cement Sheet, Dhaka WASA, BUET and Altech Aluminium.
