17.08.2016
Turkish athletes completed the 11th day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Turkish wrestler
Cenk İldem in men’s greco-roman 98 kg, defeated Indian Hardeep Hardeep 3-1 in the 1/8 finals, Russian Islam Magomedvov 3-1 in the quarterfinal but lost to Armenian Artur Aleksanyan 4-0 in the semi-final. Cenk defeated Romanian Alin Alexuc Ciurariu 3-0 in the bronze medal match and won the bronze medal.
Turkish women basketball team lost 64-62 to Spain in the quarterfinal match and got eliminated.
Turkish athlete
Yasmani Copello Escobar in men’s 400 m hurdles, qualified to final as he completed semi-final 2 in 3rd place with his 48.61 timing and placed 6th in general ranking. The final race will be held on 18 August at 18:00 Turkish local time.
Yasemin Can in women’s 5000 m, completed heat 1 in 15:19.50 and placed second in her heat, 8th in general ranking and qualified for the final. The final race will be done on 20 August 03:40 Turkish local time.
Jak Ali Harvey in men’s 200 m, completed heat 1 in 20.58 seconds to place 6th in his heat, 31st in general ranking. Jak Ali got eliminited with this result. Other Turkish athlete in the same discipline,
Ramil Guliyev qualified to semi-finals as he completed heat 3 in 2nd place with 20.23, placing 9th in general ranking. The semi-final race will be run on 18 August 04:00 Turkish local time.
İlham Tanui Özbilen in men’s 1500 m, completed heat 3 in 3:49.02 to place 13th in his heat, 35th in general ranking and got eliminated.
Karin Melis Mey in women’s long jump in Group A jumped 6.49 m in her first attempt, 6.43 in second and 6.40 in third. She placed 8th in her group and 14th in general ranking and got eliminated with her 6.49 m jump.
Turkish boxer
Batuhan Gözgeç in men’s 64 kg lost 3-0 to German Artem Harutyunyan in the semi-final and got eliminated.
Turkish sailors
Ateş-Deniz Çınar pair in men’s 470 class, placed 18th in their 8th race, 21st in their 9th race and 5th in their 10th race. They placed 15th after 10 races.
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for
17 August 2016, Wednesday:
• 16:00 Wrestling/Women’s Freestyle 69 kg (Carioca Arena 2 – Barra) – Buse Tosun - Agnieszka Jadwiga Wieszczek-Kordus (Poland) - Qualification (will continue with 1/8, 1/4 finals, semi-final, repechage, bronze and gold matches)
• 16:00 (beginning of qualifications) Wrestling/Women’s Freestyle 58 kg (Carioca Arena 2 – Barra) - Elif Jale Yeşilırmak - Michelle Cristina Fazzari (Canada) – 1/8 Finals (will continue with 1/4 finals, semi-final, repechage, bronze and gold matches)
• 16:05 Canoe/K1 500 m (Lagoa Stadium - Copacabana) - Lasma Liepa - Qualification-Heat 2
• 16:27 Athletics/Men’s 5000 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) – Ali Kaya – Qualification Round 1 Heat 1
• 17:05 Athletics /Men’s Hammer Throw (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Eşref Apak – Qualification Group B
• Next night 04:08 Athletics /Men’s 200 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Ramil Guliyev – Semi Final
** Times are written according to Turkish local time.
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