6.08.2016
Turkish athletes completed the first day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games opened yesterday where the Women’s Basketball Team lost 55-39 to France their first match in Group A at the Youth Arena, Deodoro.
Turkish boxer Mehmet Nadir Ünal in men’s 81 kg qualified to Round of 1/16 as his Moroccan opponent Hassan Saada didn’t show up. Mehmet will meet Cuban Julio Cesar La Cruz on 10th of August at 19:00 Turkish local time.
In women’s 48 kg, Turkish judoka Dilara Lokmanhekim lost to her Mexican opponent Edna Carillo and Bekir Özlü lost to Great Britain’s Ashley McKenzie in the qualifications round and were eliminated.
Ferhat Arıcan in men’s artistic gymnastics collected 14.733 points in parallel bars, 13.633 points in horizontal bar, 13.133 points in floor exercise, 13.866 points in pommel horse, 13.733 points in rings and 13.533 points in vault to place 13th after the rotations of the Subdivison 1. He placed 41st in general ranking with 82.631 points in total and lost his chance to qualify for the finals.
Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikeç placed 21st with 576 points and İsmail Keleş placed 24th with 575 points in men’s 10m air pistol and both got eliminated in the qualification phase.
Turkish swimmer Nezir Karap in men’s 400m freestyle placed 43rd with 3:58.37 time and Viktoria Zeynep Güneş in women’s 400 m individual medley placed 18th with her 4:41.79, both swimmers losing their chance to qualify for the finals.
Turkish cyclists Ahmet Örken and Onur Balkan in men’s road race couldn’t finish the race.
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for 7 August 2016, Sunday:
15:30 Shooting/Men’s Trap (Olympic Shooting Centre, Deodoro) - Yavuz İlnam and Erdinç Kebapçı – Qualification |
15:45 Artistic Gymnastics (Rio Olympic Arena, Barra) – Tutya Yılmaz – Women’s Subdivisions |
17:00 Table Tennis (Riocentro - Pavilion 3, Barra) – Ahmet Li - Eugene Wang (Canada) Round 2 |
17:20 Rowing/LWT Men’s Double Sculls – (Lagoa Stadium, Copacabana) - Hüseyin Kandemir-Cem Yılmaz – Heats |
18:30Tennis/Women’s Single – (Olympic Tennis Centre – Barra) Çağla Büyükakçay - Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) - Round 1 |
19:56 Swimming/Women’s 100m Breaststroke (Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra) – Viktoria Zeynep Güneş - Heats |
23:30 Basketball Women Kadın (Youth Arena,Deodoro) Australia – Turkey |
04:30 Swimming (Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra) – Women’s 100m Breaststroke Semi-Final |
*Estimated time (EET)
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