“It is quitelikely they [the senior commanders] willbe promoted, asjuniorofficialsarewaiting to take over theirposition,” saidWin Min, aBurmeseresearcher on Burma militaryaffairs.
In the heats, Rashid completed the race in 7mins 12.02secs to finish second behind Uzbek rower Vladimir Chernenko but he improved his performance in the final to win the bronze in a time of 7 min 04.78 sec.