8.04.2016
Turkey won 2 gold and a bronze medal on the first day (7 April) of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President’s Cup 2016 in Bonn, Germany.
The WTF President’s Cup that is being held for the first time by European Taekwondo Union (ETU) with the participation of 1600 athletes from around 60 countries. The urkish Taekwondo Team consists of 79 thletes, 42 women - 37 men.
Turkish Hatice Kübra İlgün in women’s 57kg and Mertcan Dolmacı in junior men’s 55kg won the gold and İklima Betül Karakuş in junior women’s 46kg won the bronze medal on the first day of the tournament.
In accordance with the ETU rules, the medal winners of the WTF President’s Cup qualify for the 2016 European Championship in their categories. Hatice Kübra İlgün earned the right to participate to European Taekwondo Championships in Montreux, Switzerland on 19-22 May 2016 and Mertcan Dolmacı will compete at the European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Russia on July 2016.
20 Turkish athletes will take the tatami on the second day of the four-day tournament.