6.07.2016
Turkish athlete Yasemin Can won the gold medal at women’s 10.000 m final with her 31:12.86 time at the European Athletics Championships started today in Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, bettering her personal U23 European record 18 seconds.
Another Turkish athlete Ramil Guliyev won the men’s 100 m heats and qualified for the semi-finals with 10:21. Turkish athletes Jak Ali Harvey and Emre Zafer Barnes have already secured their spots in the semi-finals.
Batuhan Altıntaş placed 15th in men’s 400 m qualifying rounds with his 47.23 time and eliminated. Altuntaş will race in men’s 4x400 m relay.
Tuğçe Şahutoğlu and Kıvılcım Kaya Salman in women’s hammer throw didn’t qualify for the finals. Kıvılcım placed 17th with 65.97 and Tuğçe placed 28th with 62.37 throws.
The schedule of the Turkish athletes at European Athletics Championships on the second day is as follows:
Triple Jump Men Qualifying Rounds
Şeref Osmanoğlu and Aşkın Karaca (10:40)
Javelin Throw Women Qualifying Rounds
Eda Tuğsuz (12:00)
400m Hurdles Men Semifinals
Yasmani Copello Escobar (16:00)
400m Men Semifinals
Yavuz Can (16:52)
Shot Put Women Final
Emel Dereli (17:05)
100m Men Semifinals
Ramil Guliyev (18:00)
Jak Ali Harvey (18:06)
Emre Zafer Barnes (18:12)
Discus Throw Men Qualifying Rounds
Ercüment Olgundeniz, (18:15)
1500m Men Qualifying Rounds
Levent Ateş (18:34)