Beating all odds Bihar boy Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh set the national record in the men’s 200m Individual Medley SM5 event at the ongoing World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal, late on Wednesday.
Aalam, from Rathaus village in Madhubani district, clocked 4:39.71 on way to bettering his previous mark of 4:43.39, also a national record, and finished sixth in the Heat 1 on Wednesday. There were eight swimmers each in the two heats with the top four qualifying for the finals.
