Turkish athletes win 68 medals over past week

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL

Athletes representing Turkey bagged 68 medals, including 18 gold, in international sporting events over the past week.

Turkish athletes claimed 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals in karate in the Karate 1 Series A competition in Chile.

Turks won 2 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals in athletics in the Mediterranean Juniors Championships in Tunisia; 2 gold and 3 bronze medals in wrestling in Junior World Wrestling Championship in Slovakia, and 1 gold and 2 bronze medals in taekwondo in World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Grand Prix in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Turkish athletes also won 5 gold, 9 silver and 15 bronze medals in kickboxing at WAKO Kickboxing Junior and Cadet World Championships; 2 gold and 1 bronze medals in fencing championships in Romania and Bulgaria; 1 gold medal in ice dancing in Challenge Cup in Philadelphia, the U.S.; 2 bronze medals in Bocce at the European Women Championships in Italy, and 1 bronze medal in Judo at World Judo Championships in Azerbaijan.