Md Jahir Rayhan of Bangladesh Navy clinched gold for Bangladesh in the boys’ 400-metre run with a timing of 47.34 seconds in the ongoing 35th Indian National Junior (U-20) Athletics Championships’2019 at Acharya Nagarjuna University in Andhra Pradesh of India on Sunday.   Meanwhile, Umme Hafsa Rumki of Bangladesh Jail finished 7th in the girls’ high jumping 1.65-metre and Saiful Islam Khan of Navy finished 7th in the boys’ 100-metre run with a timing of 11.16 seconds.  

Earlier, five Bangladeshi athletes left the capital for India on Thursday to take part in the Indian National Junior (U-20) Athletics Championships as a part of their preparation for the upcoming South Asian Games in Nepal.

The five were: Mahfuzur Rahman, Zahir Raihan, Saiful Islam Khan, Rakibul Islam of Bangladesh Navy, and Umme Hafsa Rumki of Bangladesh Jail (Prison Directorate).