Before the beginning of the Olympic Games in Paris, 80 days remain, at the moment, Turkish athletes received 67 quotas in 14 sports.
The summer Olympic Games in Paris will be held from July 26 to August 11. Competitions in the framework of the distribution of quotas to the Olympic Games continue without slowing down.
Turkey has guaranteed its participation in the Olympic Games – 2024, today 67 Turkish athletes have received quota. It is expected that this indicator increases even more during the qualifying competitions that will last until June.
The National Women’s Council of Turkey in volleyball “Sultans of the Network” consisting of 12 people will compete for medals at the Olympic Games in Paris.
Along with the National Women’s Volleyball team, the trips to participate in the Olympic Games as part of the team currently received the men’s gymnastics team (5 people), the male team of archery (3 people).
Turkish athletes who will take part in the Olympic Gymnastics and shooting Games from onions, will perform both individual and team competitions.
The largest number of quotas is recorded in individual fighting competitions. In particular, to date, nine Turkish athletes have been secured in the Olympic Games in Paris: Taha Akgul, Ibrahim Chiefchi, Kayaalp, Enes Bashar, Burkhan Akbudak, Ali Jengiz and Yasemin Adar Jigit, Busu Tosun Chavuhogulu and Evin Demirkhan Yavuz – Among women. It is expected that this number will increase.
Further, the number of quotas follows sail sport and boxing – 8 athletes, as well as athletics – 7 people.
In addition, Paris will go to gymnastics of five people, firing from onions (four people), swimming (two people), as well as one athlete in such sports as badminton, cycling, heavy athletics and fencing.
In the Olympic Games in Paris, all national athletes who won medals in the Olympics, which took place in Tokyo in 2020, will also be guaranteed to take part in the Olympic Games. In particular, 9 out of 13 medalists of the Olympic Games in Tokyo-2020 received a ticket to the Olympics in Paris. Four athletes who won Karate medals in Tokyo-2020 will not be able to perform at the Olympic Games in Paris, since this discipline will not be presented at tournaments.
In addition, a ticket to participate in the Olympics in Paris was brought by the 17-year-old national archer Elif Berra Haecker.