Imranur Rahman emerged as the first Bangladeshi athlete to reach the 2nd round of the men's 100-meter sprint of the World Athletics Championship Eugene '2022 in Oregon,  USA on Saturday. Imranur, the fastest man of Bangladesh, took part in heat number 2 and finished 3rd among the six athletes making his individual best timing of 10.47 seconds featuring a new national record Saturday early hour (Bangladesh time). The previous national record and best timing of Imranur was 10.50 seconds made in the National Athletics Championship held in last January to break the event's 22 years old record. Also read: Imranur will represent Bangladesh in World Athletics Championship 2022 Imranur Rahman, who is undergoing higher training in the United Kingdom, reached the 2nd round of the world meet finishing overall 4th among 14 athletes, who advanced to the 2nd round with good timing in their respective four heats. However, Imranur did not compete in the 2nd round of the meet later due to light injury during day's warm-up session. Also read: 45th National Athletics: Imranur, Sumaiya emerge as fastest man, woman He finally  decided not to participate in the 2nd round as per advice of the doctors,  because his injury may get worse further in the meet, ahead of the two major international meets--Commonwealth Games and Islami Solidarity Games.

Imranur Rahman will represent Bangladesh in the World Athletics Championship 2022 to be held at Eugene in Oregon of the United State of America from July 14-25. Imranur Rahman, now in the United Kingdom, expected to reach Oregon on July 12 to compete in the World meet. Also Read: Wimbledon wild-card entry steals set, not win, from Djokovic Imranur will compete in the heat of the men's 100 meter sprint on July 15 at 1:30 pm Bangladesh time. Meanwhile, general secretary of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu left Dhaka for USA on Tuesday while Acting President of Athletics Federation Advocate Nur Uddin Chowdhury (Nayon) MP will leave here for USA on Wednesday.