8.08.2016
Turkish athletes completed the second day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
On the second day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games Turkish Women Women’s Basketball Team lost 61-56 to Australia on their second match of Group A in Youth Arena, Deodoro.
In ladies’ singles, Turkish tennis player Çağla Büyükakçay lost to Rusian Ekaterina Makarova 2-1 in the first round and was eliminated.
Tutya Yılmaz in women’s artistic gymnastics collected 13.733 points in vault, 12:166 in uneven bars, 14.500 in balance beam, 12.733 in floor exercise and placed fifth after the rotations of the subdivision 1. She placed 42nd in general ranking with 53.132 points in total and lost her chance to qualify for the finals.
Turkish shooter Yavuz İlnam in men’s trap shot 24 in the first round, 23 in the second round and 24 in the third round to place 6th with 71 points in total. In the same discipline, Erdinç Kebapçı shot 24 in the first round, 18 in the second, 24 in the third round and placed 24th with his total of 66. They will compete in the second qualifications day tomorrow.
Turkish table tennis player Ahmet Li in men’s singles lost to his Canadian opponent 4-0 with 7-11, 9-11, 7-11 and 4-11 sets in Round 2. Melek Hu in women’s singles also lost to Szu-Yu Chen from Chinese Taipei 4-0 with 10-12, 6-11, 7-11 and 8-11 in Round 3.
Viktoria Zeynep Güneş in women’s 100 m breaststroke placed 15th with a 1:07.14 in heats and qualified to the semi-finals. She placed 14th with her 1:07.41 time in the semi-finals and lost her chance to qualify for the final.
Turkish rowers Hüseyin Kandemir and Cem Yılmaz couldn’t race today as the race postponed due to the bad weather conditions
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for 8 August 2016, Monday:
8 August 2016, Monday
15:30 Shooting/Trap (Olympic Shooting Centre, Deodoro) - Yavuz İlnam and Erdinç Kebapçı – Second Qualifications Day |
17:50 Rowing/LWT Men’s Double Sculls – (Lagoa Stadium, Copacabana) - Hüseyin Kandemir-Cem Yılmaz – Heats |
18:00 Boxing/69kg (Riocentro - Pavilion 6 – Barra) –Onur Şipal-Simeon Chamov (Bulgaristan) – Preliminaries |
19:05 Sailing/Men’s RS:X, (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Onur Cavit Biriz – Race 1-2-3 |
19:15 Sailing/Women’s, RS:X (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Dilara Uralp – Yarış 1-2-3 |
19:15 Sailing/Laser Radial (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş – Race 1-2 |
21:00 Shooting/Trap Semi-finals, Bronze and Gold medal matches (Olympic Shooting Centre, Deodoro) |
22:18 Archery (Sambódromo-Maracana) – Mete Gazoz - Pierre PLIHON (Fransa) – 1/32 eliminations |