Juniors get on top in Piteşti

Balkan Junior Championships held in Romanian town Piteşti at 1-2 July as Turkey topped the medal and points table.  Turkey is continue to dominating Balkan athletics in all level. After crowning race walking, half marathon and youth championships, Turkish team enjoyed another success in Piteşti at the Balkan U20 (Junior) Athletics Championships. Turkish team competed there with 71-strong squad, showed the flag 22 of 42 podium ceremonies during two-day events, including they've had five double-flagged podiums. Turkish juniors won 11 gold, seven silver and nine bronze out there, a total of 27 medals, one gold more from host country Romania (10-7-9). Turkey U20 team also cumulated 359,5 points in all events to getting top place at the overall standings. After 42 competition concluded, Romania had 294,5 points while Greece took third place with 243.5 points. Turkey's all medals in Balkan Juniors 2017 is listed below. GOLD MEDALS  400m men - Ahmet Kasap 1500m men - Abdurrahman Gediklioğlu 400m hurdles - Sinan Ören 5000m women - Latife Güneş 3000m women - Semra Karaslan 3000m men - Fırat Özkorkmaz 3000m steeple women - Yonca Kutluk 110 hurdles - Mikdat Sevler High jump women - Merve Menekşe (equal winner) 800m men - Mehmet Çelik 4x400 men team relay SILVER MEDALS Heptathlon - Buket Katya Orhonsayın Decathlon - Hüseyin Alper Gürses 3000m steeple men - Murat Yalçınkaya Triple jump women - Tuğba Danışmaz 800m women - Semra Karaslan 5000m men - Ramazan Baştuğ Javelin women - Rabia Karaman BRONZE MEDALS Javelin men - Ümmet Değirmenci Discus men - Berke İnaloğlu 3000m steeple men - Muhammed Çelebi 3000m men - Mücahit Bulut 1500m women - Ayşe Ecer 400m hurdles men - Mehmet Emin Bayram 400m - Mahsum Korkmaz 1500m - Abdullah Özdemir Hammer throw women - Merve Yılmazer