The 15th national long distance swimming competition organised by Bangladesh Swimming Federation will be held today at Sittyalakha

river. The competition will start at 10am from Narayanganj launchghat and finish at Munshiganj launchghat.

Bangladesh Swimming Federation selected seven male and six female swimmers for the competition. The swimmers were selected through a selection trial at  Bangladesh Navy swimming pool in the capital recently.

The selected swimmers are:

Male:  Md Monirul Islam,  Palash Chowdhury (Bangladesh Navy), Kajal Miah (Gopalganj Swimming Club), Asifa Rana, Alauddin Titas (Bangladesh Army, Simanta Das (BAF) and Mihmel Miah (Munshiganj DSA).

Female: Sonia Akhtar Tumpa, Lucky Akhtar Lima (Navy), Priyanka Khatun,  Kulsum Khatun (Army), Juli Akhtar and Salma Akhtar (Munshiganj DSA).