MERSIN
Meltem Hocaoglu of Turkey won gold medal in women's plus 68 kg of karate at 2013 MedGames in Mersin.
Egyptian Shymaa Alsayed, defeated by Hocaoglu as 2-1, won silver medal.
Italian Greta Vitelli and French Nadege Ait Ibrahim got bronze medals.
Men's plus 84 kg of karate
Turkey's Enes Erkan, defated by his Italian opponent, clinched silver medal in men's plus 84 kg of karate.
Italian Stefano Maniscalco got gold while Egypt's Mohanad Mohammed and Algerian Missipsa Hamadimi won bronze in the same lane .
With these results, Turkish sportsmen won 6 gold and 2 silver medals totally.
The medal rankings of karate at the 17th Mediterranean Games are as follows:
| Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| Turkey |
6 |
2 |
0 |
| Egypt |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Italy |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| Spain |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| France |
0 |
1 |
5 |
| Morocco |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Greece |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Algeria |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Croatia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Slovenia |
0 |
0 |
1
|
