9.08.2016
Turkish athletes completed the third day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Turkish archer Mete Gazoz defeated his French opponent Pierre Plihon 5-6 with 21-25, 23-26, 27-26, 23-23, 25-23, 9-6 sets in 1/32 eliminations but lost to Sjef Van Den Berg from the Netherlands 3-7 with 29-29, 28-27, 25-26, 27-28, 25-28 sets and eliminated in the 1/16 eliminations round.
Turkish rowers Hüseyin Kandemir and Cem Yılmz pair in lightweight men’s double sculls placed fifth with their 6:4.67 timing in heat 1 and placed 18th in general ranking. Turkish pair will race in the repechage tomorrow at 17:40 Turkish local time.
Turkish shooter Yavuz İlnam shot 24 in the first round, 23 in the second round, 24 in the third round, 20 in the fourth round and 24 in the fith round to place 13th with 115 shooting points in total. Other Turkish shooter in the same discipline shot 24 in the first round, 18 in the second round, 24 in the third round, 22 in the fourth round and 20 in the fith round to place 29th with 108 shooting points in total. Both shooters eliminated with these results.
Turkish boxer Onur Şipal in men’s 69 kg lost to Bulgarian Simeon Chamov 3-0 in the preliminaries and got eliminated.
Turkish sailor Onur Cavit Biriz in RS:X men finished the first race in 21:25 minutes to place 31st, second race in 25:01 to place 32nd and didn’t race in the third race as he got U flag disqualification. Dilara Uralp in RS:X women finished the first race in 25:02 to place 20th, second race in 28:12 to place 19th and third race in 30:58 to place 23rd.
Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş in women’s laser radial finished her first race in 52:54 minutes to place 16th and second race in 52:47 to place 20th.
Turkish athletes’ competition schedule for 9 August 2016, Tuesday:
16:00 Judo/Women’s 63kg (Carioca Arena 2, Barra) – Büşra Katipoğlu - Katerina Nikoloska (Macedonia) – Round of 32
17:40 Rowing/LWT Men’s Double Sculls – (Lagoa Stadium, Copacabana) - Hüseyin Kandemir-Cem Yılmaz – Repechage
18:30 Weightlifting/Women’s 63 kg – (Riocentro – Pavilion 2- Barra) Mehtap Kurnaz
19:05 Sailing /Women’s RS:X (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Dilara Uralp – Race 4-5-6
19:05 Sailing /Laser Radial (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) –Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş – Race 3-4
19:05Sailing/Finn (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Alican Kaynar – Race 1-2
19:15 Sailing/Men’s RS:X (Marina da Glória, Copacabana) – Onur Cavit Biriz – Race 4-5-6
19:28 Swimming/Women’s 200m Butterfly (Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra) – Nida Eliz Üstündağ – Heats
23:45 Women’s Basketball (Youth Arena,Deodoro) Turkey– Japan (Group A)
00:30 Boxing/Men’s 75kg (Riocentro - Pavilion 6 – Barra) – Önder Şipal-Muziyo Benny Muzio (Zambia) – Preliminaries
01:00 Weightlifting/Men’s 69 kg (Riocentro – Pavilion 2- Barra) Daniyar İsmayilov
*Times are Estimated time (EET)
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