İlke özyüksel's 9th European Final

In modern pentathlon (swimming/100m freestyle, fencing/épée, obstacle course, laser run/3,000m—5 hits in 5 rounds) At the European Championships, which Turkey is hosting for the first time in the senior category, the women’s semifinals took place yesterday at the Burhan Felek Sports Complex in Istanbul...

In the afternoon session, İlke Özyüksel, competing in Group A of the semifinals, delivered a strong performance. The 29-year-old national athlete finished the semifinals in second place with 1,430 points, behind her Hungarian rival Blanka Guzi, securing her spot in the final. With this result, İlke Özyüksel has earned the right to compete in the European final for the ninth time in her career... Having experienced her first European competition in the senior category in 2015 and bringing home Turkey’s first medals in this discipline with third-place finishes in 2016 and 2017, İlke Özyüksel will compete in tomorrow’s final to repeat this success. 

SIDAL AND ZEYNEP ELIMINATED IN THE SEMIFINALS

Also on the fourth day of the championship, Sıdal Aslan and 16-year-old Zeynep Ay took the stage in the evening session for Group B of the semifinals. Sıdal Aslan came very close to repeating her 2022 final success in the senior category... In the laser-run race, where the top 9 athletes qualify directly for the final, Sıdal Aslan lost her chance after 5 laps and finished 11th, failing to advance to the final. Sixteen-year-old Zeynep Ay achieved a significant result simply by reaching the semifinals in her first senior European Championship.

The men’s semifinals will take place today at the championship, with Kıvanç Taşyaran and Buğra Ünal aiming to finish among the top 18 athletes.