CHENGDU, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Turkish runners bagged three titles in males’s, girls’s staff, and males’s staff half marathon, whereas Japan took the ladies’s half marathon gold on the thirty first FISU World University Games right here on Sunday.
In males’s half marathon, Sezgin Atac and Ayetullah Aslanhan, each of Turkey, secured the gold and silver with 1:04:36 and 1:04:37 respectively. China’s Yang Kegu received the bronze in 1:04:48.
“The Universiade is hosted in my hometown. I felt inspired with the support of all the audience and will continue to train hard for other races this year,” Yang mentioned.
The girls’s half marathon began at 7 a.m., quarter-hour previous to the boys’s race. Hikaru Kitagawa clinched the gold in 1:13:17. Yayla Kilic Gonen of Turkey received the silver, and her compatriot Fatma Karasu took the bronze. Chinese runner Luo Xia completed the sixth.
Turkish runners additionally clinched the ladies’s staff and males’s staff titles in 3:43:14 and three:14:31.