The Koko 18th National Summer Athletics Competition begins tomorrow at the National Stadium in the capital.
The athletics competition will be held marking the sports lover Late Arafat Rahman Koko.
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will inaugurate the three-day long prestigious athletics meet as the chief guest, while State Minister for Youth and Sports Md Aminul Haque will be present with him as the special guest.
President of Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) Mohammad Abdullah Zaber will preside over the inaugural ceremony.
To mark the upcoming gala meet, a press conference was held at the conference room in National Sports Council Tower on Wednesday.
President of BAF Mohammad Abdullah Zaber, General Secretary of BAF Advocate Ali Imam Tapan, Joint-Secretary of BAF Manzur Morshed Chowdhury spoke at the conference, among others.
A total of 22 events will be held for male, while a number of 18 events will be held for female.
A total of 37 districts and divisional sports associations, seven services teams, 10 public universities, two physical education colleges, BKSP, Postal Department will participate in the competitions. A number of 565 athletes (431 male and 134 female) will vie for the medals.
The first-place achiever in an event will be awarded with a gold medal and Tk 6000, while the second-place grabber will be given a silver medal and Tk 5000, and the third-place achiever will get a bronze medal and Tk 3000.
The record-breaker athlete will get Tk 20, 000.
A good number of organisations are sponsoring the gala extravaganza.
Most of the races will take place at the National Stadium. The seven throwing events will be held at Bangladesh Army Stadium in the capital.
The marathon will be held at Purbachal 300 feet in the capital on October 24.
It may be mentioned that the results of the races will be judged with the help of Electronics Photofinishing Machine.