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Turkey bags 3 medals at World Para Athletics Grand Prix

Hamide Dogangun completes women's 800-meter race in 1 hour, 56 minutes and 60 seconds to earn gold medal in Dubai

Emre Aşıkçı  | 11.02.2021 - Update : 12.02.2021
Turkey bags 3 medals at World Para Athletics Grand Prix

ISTANBUL 

Turkey’s National Para Athletics Team won three medals Wednesday at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai. 

The Turkish Sports Federation for the Physically Disabled said in a statement that Hamide Dogangun claimed the gold in the women's 800-meter race with 1.56.60 while Zeynep Acet clinched a silver medal with 2.14.84 in the same event.

Also, Abdullah Ilgaz won a bronze medal, finishing the men’s 100-meter race with 11.95.

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