1.05.2016
Turkish athlete Meryem Akda claimed her spot in 2016 Rio Olympic Games with her 9:36.54 time in 3000m steeplechase at 10.000m Turkish Championships and Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Mersin, Turkey. With this result she surpassed the 9:45.00 entry standard for women in this category and qualified to Rio 2016 for the second time. Meryem had previously surpassed the entry standard in 5000m with her time of 15:19.27 at Turkcell Turkish Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul.