16.08.2016
Turkish athletes completed the 10th day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp in men’s greco-roman 130 kg, defeated Venezuelan Erwin Jose Caraballo Cabrera 4-0 in the 1/8 finals, Azerbaijani Sabah Shariati 5-0 in the quarterfinal, German Eduard Popp 4-0 in the semi-final and qualified to the final. Rıza lost 3-0 to Cuban Mijain Nunez Lopezin the final and won silver medal.
Turkish canoeist Lasma Liepa in the eliminations of women’s singles K1-200 m, finished heat 3 in 41.760 and qualified to the semi-final as she placed 4th. Lasma finished the semi-final race in 41.866 and got eliminated by placing 7th in semi-final and 19th in general ranking.
Turkish athlete Yasmani Copello Escobar qualified to the semi-final by finishing heat 2 in the fisrt place with 49.52 seconds in men’s 400 m hurdles. Yasmani took the 21st place with this resul in general ranking.
Turkish athlete Halil Akkaş in men’s 3000 m steeplechase, finished heat 1 in 8:33.12 and placed 7th, where other Turkish athlete Aras Kaya in the same discipline took 8th place in heat 2 with his 8:32.35 timing. Tarık Langat Akdağ in heat 3 couldn’t finish the race. With these results, Halil places 23rd and Aras placed 21st in general ranking.
Şeref Osmanoğlu in men’s triple jumping, made 3 fauls in his 3 attempts and got eliminated.
The 8,9 and 10th races of Turkish sailors Ateş-Deniz Çınar pair were postponed to tomorrow due to the lack of wind today.
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for 16 August 2016, Tuesday:
15:30 Athletics/Women’s 5000 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Yasemin Can - Qualifications – Round 1, Heat 1
16:00 (beginning of qualifications) Wrestling/Greco-roman 98 kg (Carioca Arena 2 – Barra) - Cenk İldem – Hardeep Hardeep (India) – 1/8 Finals(will continue with 1/4 finals, semi final, repechage, bronze and gold matches)
16:48 Athletics/Men’s 1500 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) – İlham Tanui Özbilen – Qualifications – Round 1, Heat 3
17:50 Athletics/Men’s 200 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Jak Ali Harvey - Qualifications – Round 1, Heat 1
18:04 Athletics/Men’s 200 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Ramil Guliyev - Qualifications – Round 1, Heat 3
19:05 Sailing/ 470 class (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) –Ateş-Deniz Çınar – Races 8-9-10
20:30 Basketball Women’s (Carioca Arena 1 – Barra) – İspanya – Türkiye - Quarterfinals
00:00 Boks/64 kg (Riocentro - Pavilion 6 – Barra) - Batuhan Gözgeç- Artem Harutyunyan (Germany) – Quarterfinal
Next night 03:05Athletics/Women’s Long Jump (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Karin Melis Mey – Group A
Next night 03:42Athletics/Men’s 400 m Hurdles (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Yasmani Copello Escobar – Semi-Final 2
** Times are written according to Turkish local time.
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