Khalid bin Taimur of the Baidyanath Dutta Gymnasium, Kushita lifted the crown of the 55kg category of the Victory Day Body Building at the Zahir Raihan Cultural Center yesterday.
Saiful Islam Saif grabbed the silver while the bronze went to Shariful Islam in the same event. In the 60kg category, Ranjit Chandra Sarker clinched the top position while the second and third position were taken by Md. Rony and Md. Imran respectively. The title of the 65kg section went to Md. Ahsanullah, the second and the third places were grabbed by Rubaiyat Tarik and Al-Amin. The top position in the 70kg category was claimed by Md. Joy, with Mitu Chokdar and Md. Russell coming in second and third. In the 70+ kg category, Asif Jihan, Atik and Raihan finished first, second and third respectively.
ASM Ali Kabir, the president of Bangladesh Athletic Federation, distributed the prizes as the chief guest. National Sports Council secretary Shibntah Roy and general secretary of Bangladesh Body Building Federation Nazrul Islam Babu were also present on the occasion.