14.08.2016
Turkish athletes completed the 8th day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Turkish women basketball team defeated host Brazil 79-76 after two overtimes in the fifth and last match of Group A. Turkey, already having guaranteed qualifying to quarterfinals, completed Group A in the 3rd place with 8 points after Australia and France respectively. Turkey will play against the winner of the match between Canada-Spain of Group B tomorrow in the quarterfinals on 16 of August Turkish local time in Carioca Arena 1, Barra.
Turkish athlete
Jak Ali Harvey in men’s 100 m, finished Heat 6 in 10.14 seconds to place 2nd in his heat and qualified to semi-finals. Jak Ali placed 13th in general ranking. The semi-finals will be held on 15 of August at 03:00 Turkish local time.
Turkish athlete
Özlem Kaya in women’s 3000 m steeplechase, completed Heat 1 in 9th place with her 9:32.03 timing to place 20th in the general ranking, where
Meryem Akdağ in the same discipline finished Heat 2 in 14th place with 9:50.28 and placed 43rd in general ranking. Third athlete of Turkey,
Tuğba Güvenç, in the same discipline, finished Heat 3 in 9:49.93 to place 14th in her heat and 41st in general ranking. All three athletes got eliminated with these results.
Polat Kemboi Arıkan in men’s 10.000 m finished the race in the 13th place with his 27:35.50 timing by making his personal best. Other Turkish athlete in men’s 10.000 m, Ali Kaya couldn’t finish the race.
Turkish badminton player
Özge Bayrak, in women’s singles, defeated Italian Jeannine Cicognini 2-0 (21-14, 21-9) in the first match of Group I.
Turkish boxer
Ali Eren Demirezen in men’s +91 kg lost to Croatian Filip Hrgovic 3-0 in the match of Round of 16 and got eliminated. Another Turkish boxer
Selçuk Eker in men’s 52 kg, lost to Chinese Jianguan Hu 2-1 in the match of Round of 16 and got eliminated.
Turkish sailor
Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş in women’s laser radial, placed 12th in her 9th race and 28th in her 10th race. She placed 15th in general ranking.
Tukish sailor
Alican Kaynar in finn class, finished his 7th race in 8th place and 8th race in 17th place. Alican is now 10th in general ranking.
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for
14 August 2016, Sunday:
• 15:30 Athletics/Women’s, Maraton (Sambódromo) Sultan Haydar, Meryem Erdoğan, Esma Aydemir
• 16:00 Equestrian/Jumping Individual (Olympic Equestrian Centre, Deodoro) – Ömer Karaevli – 1st Qualifier
• 16:00 (eliminations) Wrestling/Greco Roman 75 kg (Carioca Arena 2 – Barra) - Selçuk Çebi (to continue with 1/8, ¼, semi-finals, repechage, bronze and gold medal matches)
• 19:05 Sailing/Finn Class (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Alican Kaynar – Race 9-10
• 19:15 Sailing/470 Class (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Ateş-Deniz Çınar – Yarış 6-7-8
• 22:40 Badminton/Women’s Singles (Riocentro-Pavilion 4-Barra) – Özge Bayrak – Yeonju Bae-(Korea) – Group I
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Next night 01:00 Boxing/64 kg (Riocentro - Pavilion 6 – Barra) - Batuhan Gözgeç- Joedison Teixeira (Brazil) – Round of 16
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Next night 03:00 Athletics/Men’s 100 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) - Jak Ali Harvey – Semifinals
*Times are Estimated time (EET)
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