Mahfizur Rahman Sagar, the ace swimmer of the country, set a new national record in the 200metre freestyle of the RMM Group 27th National Swimming at the Goplaganj Swimming Complex yesterday. Apart from Sagar, Sonia Akter Tumpa and Romana Akhter also set two new national marks on the first of the four-day meet. Sagar clocked 01:59.13 seconds to set the new mark removing his old mark of 02:00.56 minutes.
Romana eclipsed her old time of 05:55.02 minutes in the women’s 400metre medley and clocked 05:49.02 minutes to set the new mark. Tumpa was the new record setter in the women’s 200metre butterfly with a timing of 02:41:49 minutes. She removed the previous record 02:44.15 minutes set by Romana in the last edition.
