DHAKA, July 30, 2024 (BSS)- Swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi has been eliminated
from heat of the 100m freestyle event of Paris Olympics held at Paris La
Defense Arena on Tuesday, said a press release here.
 
Samiul finished fifth position out of eight participants with his career best
timing of 53.10 second in the second heat and overall he finished 69th place
out of 79 participants in the qualification round.

American swimmer Alex Je topped the qualification round with a time of 47.57
second.

However, Samiul, who hailed from Rajbari district, found happy with the best
timing in his career.

He said: "I am happy with the best timing in my career. I tried to improve my
timing and I did it."

The top 16 swimmers from this qualification round moved on to the semi-finals
of the competition.