Turkey bags 3 medals at World Para Athletics Grand Prix
A group of Turkish para-athletes during a training session prior to the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 7, 2021. (DHA Photo)


Turkey's National Para Athletics Team won three medals at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai on Wednesday.

The Turkish Sports Federation for the Physically Disabled said in a statement that Hamide Doğangün claimed gold in the women's 800-meter race with a time of 1.56.60. Zeynep Acet clinched silver in the same event with a time of 2.14.84.

Another Turkish athlete, Abdullah Ilgaz, won a bronze medal in the men's 100-meter race with a time of 11.95.