Turkish athlete earns 2020 Olympics quota
Yasemin Can to compete in women's 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs in Tokyo 2020.
- Other Haberleri
- 19 Temmuz 2019, 09:48:06
Turkish athlete Yasemin Can has earned a quota for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday.
Turkish Athletics Federation said on website that Can got the women's 10,000-meter run quota for Tokyo 2020 over her 30 minutes and 59 seconds degree in a 10,000-meter qualifiers for the world championships held in Dutch city of Hengelo.
Can, 22, previously had the women's 5,000-meter run quota for the 2020 olympics.
So she will compete in both women's 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs in Tokyo.
Can bagged two gold medals in the 2016 European Athletics Championships in women's 5,000 and 10,000-meter categories.
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