14.10.2018
Özlem Becerek took the bronze medal for Turkey in discus throw, with an impressive 51.96m in the final stage 2 and 103.86 in total!
Wrestler Halil Gökdeniz (48kg) also won a bronze medal for Team Turkey on day 7 at Buenos Aires 2018, after defeating his Columbian opponent by fall!
İlyas Çanakçı placed 4th in the men’s 400m with a quick time of 47.82 in the final stage 2 and a time of 1:35.78 in total!
Sumeyye Kinar finished in 10th place with a total of 3.52 in the women’s pole vault stage 2 and Kagan Aslan Kalinta finished 12th with 52.78 in the men’s discus throw 1.5kg stage 2.
Turkish archer Selin Şatır and her Indian partner advanced to the quarter finals with a 6-2 win over Ned/Rus in the Mixed International Team 1/8 elimination round.
In the modern pentathlon, Dora Nusretoglu totalled 234 points in the individual fencing bonus round, placed 5th in the individual swimming heat 3 with 300 points and finished 20th in the individual laser run with 550 points.
Team Turkey’s total medal count at the end of day 7 of Buenos Aires 2018 is 8!
On day 8 of Buenos Aires 2018, we will see Turkish athletes compete in archery and athletics. Good luck to all our young athletes!