Turkish athletes completed the 13th day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Turkish athlete
Yasmani Copello Escobar in men’s 400 m hurdles, completed the final race in 3rd place with his 47.92 timing and won the bronze medal.
Turkish athlete
Ramil Guliyev in men’s 200 m, completed the final race in 20.43 to place 8th.
Turkish 4x100 relay team consisting of
Ramil Guliyev, Emre Zafer Barnes, Jak Ali Harvey and
İzzet Safer completed the race in 38.30 seconds to place 4th in heat 1 and 10th in general ranking in round 1 and got eliminated.
Turkish athlete
Servet Tazegül in men’s 68 kg, London 2012 gold medal winner, defeats Chilean Ignacio Morales 14-1 and advanced to taekwondo 1/4 finals. He lost to Russian Alexey Denisenko 19-6 in the semi-final and to Edgar Contreras from Venezuela with golden point 5-4 and got eliminated.
Turkish athlete
İlke Özyüksel in modern pentathlon, placed 34th in the fencing ranking with 10 victories, 25 defeats, 160 points in total.
Turkish wrestler
Yasemin Adar in women’s freestyle 75 kg, defeated Ukranian Alla Cherkasova 3-1 in qualification round, but lost 3-1 to Russian Ekaterine Bukina and got eliminated.
Turkish wrestler
Hafize Şahin in women’s freestyle 63 kg, defeated Brazilian Lais Nunes De Oliveira 5-0 in qualification round, but lost to Russian Inna Trazhukova and got eliminated.
Turkish wrestler
Bediha Gün in women’s freestyle 53 kg, defeated Myong Suk Jong from People's Republic of Korea 4-0 and got eliminated.
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for
19 August 2016, Friday:
• 15:00 Taekwondo/Women’s 67 kg (Carioca Arena 3 – Barra) – Nur Tatar – Carmen Marton (Australia) Round of 16
• 16:00 Wrestling/Men’s Freestyle 57 kg (Carioca Arena 2 – Barra) – Süleyman Atlı – Ivan Guidea (Romania) – 1/8 Finals
• 16:00 Wrestling/Men’s 74 kg (Carioca Arena 2 – Barra) – Soner Demirtaş - Unurbat Purevjav (Mongolia) – 1/8 Finals
• 18:00 Modern Pentathlon/Women’s - Swimming (Deodoro Aquatics Centre) – İlke Özyüksel
• 20:00 Modern Pentathlon/Women’s – Fencing Bonus Round (Deodoro Stadium) – İlke Özyüksel
• 21:30 Modern Pentathlon/Women’s – Riding Show Jumping (Deodoro Stadium) – İlke Özyüksel
• 00:00 Modern Pentathlon/Women’s – Combined Running/Shooting (Deodoro Stadium) – İlke Özyüksel
• Ertesi gece 03:40 Athletics/Women’s 5000 m (Olympic Stadium – Engenhão) Yasemin Can - Final
** Times are written according to Turkish local time.