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Turkey brings home gold, shines at Baku games

by Compiled from Wire Services

ISTANBUL May 20, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3
Ramil Guliyev won gold in the 100 meters sprint race.
Ramil Guliyev won gold in the 100 meters sprint race.
by Compiled from Wire Services May 20, 2017 12:00 am

Turkey is topping the chart in the Islamic Solidarity Games in Azerbaijan's Baku with 60 gold medals as the country's athletes broke some of their own records

Turkish athletes are shining at the fourth edition of Islamic Solidarity Games held in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. The country so far garnered 60 gold medals, reaching the top of the list of medal-winning countries. As of Friday, its athletes have won a total of 155 medals, surpassing the host country.

The games, that bring together 6,000 athletes from 58 countries, also gave one athlete the chance to break her own record and a European record as well. Twenty year old Eda Tuğsuz, a javelin thrower, threw 67.21 meters on Thursday breaking the European U-23 record and national record, snatching the record from previous record holder Maria Andrejczyk of Poland who scored 67.11 meters last year. Naturally, it brought her a gold medal and praises from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Tuğsuz had reached third place last year in world standing in her own category and broke the national record last year as well, at 56.90 meters, only to top it with 64.30 meters last month.

Osman Yıldırım boasts a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 130-kilogram category and shows how Turkey helps athletes from other countries too. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Yıldırım said they were glad to help "brothers and sisters from other countries" who lack proper uniforms and sports massage experts. "They come to our place asking for help and it makes us happy to help them," he said.

The wrestler says solidarity in the title of the event is really felt during the games. "We get acquainted with athletes from Muslim countries and this is good. We have seen some athletes from those countries lack uniforms and sports massage experts and whenever they need something, they visit us. They see us as a helping hand and we do our best to help them. This is true solidarity," he said.

In taekwondo, each of the female athletes representing Turkey managed to win medals. Eight women reached the finals in seven out of eight weight categories, bringing five gold medals while others garnered two silver and one bronze medal.

Rukiye Yıldırım in the 46-kilogram category, İrem Yaman in 62 kilograms, Nur Tatar Askari in 67 kilograms, Sude Bulut in 73 kilograms and Nafia Kuş in 73 kilograms made it to the top while Zeliha Ağrıs at 53 kilograms and Durdane Altunel at 57 kilograms brought silver medals for Turkey. İpek Çidem secured a bronze medal in 49 kilograms.

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