29.07.2021
On Thursday 29 July Buse Naz Çakıroğlu reached the quarter-finals in boxing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while Mete Gazoz reached the 1/8 round in archery.
In boxing, Busenaz Çakıroğlu defeated Uzbekistan’s Tursunoy Rakhimova 3-2 in the women's 51kg first match and reached the quarter-finals. Our athlete will face Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong on 1 August.
In rowing, Onat Kazaklı finished sixth in the C/D semi-final series with a time of 7:32.19 and qualified for the D final to be held on 30 July.
In archery, Mete Gazoz defeated Luxembourg's Jeff Henckels 6-0 in the men's individual first round match, and Australia’s Ryan Tyack 7-3 in the second match to advance to the 1/8 round. Our athlete will compete against Australia’s Taylor Worth on July 31st.
In volleyball, our national team faced the USA in the third match of its group. Losing the first two sets with scores of 19-25, 20-25, our team managed to win the third set 25-17 and the fourth set 25-20 and carried the match to the last set. While the last set was the scene of a great struggle, our national team lost the set 12-15 and left the field defeated.
Competing in Finn Class sailing, Alican Kaynar finished his fifth race in 9th place and his sixth race in 14th place. Kaynar is in 6th place overall with 30 net points. Competing in the 470 Men's Class, Deniz Çınar, Ateş Çınar finished the third race in 5th place and the fourth race in 3rd place and rose to 8th place overall with 19 net points. Competing in the 470 Women's Class, Beste Kaynakçı and Okyanus Arıkan were disqualified in the third race and finished the fourth race in 18th place. Welder and Arıkan are in 19th place with 53 net points. Ecem Güzel, who competed in the Laser Radial Class, finished the seventh race in 11th place and the eighth race in 29th place. Güzel is in 19th place with 125 net points. In the RS:X Men's Class, Onur Cavit Biriz finished his last races in 21st, 21st and 17th place, respectively, and finished the Olympic Games in 20th place with 210 net points.
In the 800m freestyle swimming heats, Deniz Ertan was eliminated with a time of 8:36.29 finishing 7th, and Merve Tuncel was eliminated with a time of 8:25.62. In the 100m butterfly heat, Ümitcan Güreş was eliminated in the Wrestling series with a time of 52.44 in 5th place.