10.08.2016
Turkish athletes completed the fifth day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Turkish swimmer
Viktoria Zeynep Güneş qualified to semi-finals after she completed her heat in the second place with her 02:23.83 timing to place 7th in general ranking. Zeynep couldn't qualify to the final as she finished the semi-final in 2:23.49 minutes.
Turkish archer
Yasemin Ecem Anagöz in women’s 1/32 eliminations defeated Poland’s Karina Palka-Lipiarska 6-5 with 26-22, 23-23, 22-23, 30-27, 26-27, 9-6 sets and qualified to the next round. However, she lost to Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia 6-5 with 28-28, 26-28, 28-28, 28-27, 26-26, 9-10 sets and got eliminated in the 1/16 eliminations round.
Turkish weightlifter
Duygu Aynacı in women’s 69 kg in Group B, lifted 90 kg in snatch, 110 kg in clean and jerk and placed 4th in her group and 9th in general ranking with 200 kg in total.
Turkish fencer
İrem Karamete in women’s foil, having passed by in table of 64, lost to French Ysaora Thibus 15-6 in table of 32 match and got eliminated.
Tuskish shooter
Yusuf Dikeç in 50 m pistol placed 22nd with 550 points and
İsmail Keleş in same discipline placed 29th with 544 points and couldn’t make it to the finals.
Turkish cycler
Ahmet Örken in men’s individual time trial, finished the race in 34th with his 1:27:37.41 timing.
Turkish boxer
Mehmet Nadir Ünal in men’s 81 kg, lost 3-0 to Cuban Julio Cesar La Cruz and got eliminated in the second preliminary match.
Tukish sailor
Alican Kaynar in finn class, finished his third race in sixth place and fourth race in 19th place. Alican is now in the third place in general ranking.
Turkish sailor
Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş in women’s laser radial, placed 19th in her fifth race and 10th in her 6th race. She is now in 14th place in general ranking.
Turkish sailors
Ateş-Deniz Çınar pair in men’s 470 class, placed 14th in their first race and 19th in their second race. They are now in 19th place in general ranking.
Turkish rowers
Hüseyin Kandemir and
Cem Yılmaz pair in lightweight men’s double sculls couldcn’t race their semi-final C/D 2 today. Their race has been postponed to tomorrow due to the bad weather conditions.
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for 11 August 2016, Thursday:
• 18:00 Boxing/64 kg (Riocentro - Pavilion 6 – Barra) - Batuhan Gözgeç- Mahaman SMAILA (Camerun) – Preliminations
• 18:15 Women’s Basketball (Youth Arena, Deodoro) Belarus- Türkiye (Group A)
• 19:05 Sailing/Men RS:X (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Onur Cavit Biriz – Race 4-5-6
• 19:05 Sailing/Finn Class (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Alican Kaynar – Race 5-6
• 19:05 Sailing/470 Class (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Ateş-Deniz Çınar – Race 3-4
• 19:15 Sailing/Women’s, RS:X (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Dilara Uralp – Race7-8-9
• 19:50 Rowing/Men’s Single Sculls – (Lagoa Stadium, Copacabana) - Hüseyin Kandemir-Cem Yılmaz – C/D 2 Semi-Final
• 20:36 Swimming/Women 200 m Backstroke (Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra) – Ekaterina Avramova – Eliminations (if appl.: Semi-finals:04:35)
*Times are Estimated time (EET)
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