Ramil Guliyev
Over 100 athletes to represent Turkey in Summer Olympics
The long-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, slated for July 23-Aug. 8, will host more than 100 Turkish athletes in 18 branches.
Representing Turkey in the 2020 Summer Olympics that will be held in Tokyo, Japan will be 108 athletes - the largest-ever Olympic team from the country after 114 athletes in the London 2012 Summer games.
Turkish sprinter finishes second in Diamond League
Turkish sprinter Yasmani Copello Escobar finished second in the men's 400-meter hurdle in the season's first race in the Diamond League.
The 33-year-old Cuban native finished the race in 49:04 seconds.
Norwegian Karsten Warholm broke the tape in 47:10 seconds.
In the men's 200-meter race, Turkey's Ramil Guliyev finished fifth in 20.80 seconds.
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50 Turkish athletes book spot at Tokyo Olympics
A total of 50 Turkish athletes have so far qualified to represent their country in nine events at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Many more Turkish athletes in various disciplines are still vying to qualify for the 32nd Summer Olympics, to be held in Japan's capital from July 24 to Aug. 9.
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Ramil Guliyev voted ‘Athlete of the Year’ in Milliyet Awards
The 65th Gillette Milliyet Athletes of the Year Awards were handed out at a ceremony on March 27, with sprinter Ramil Guliyev receiving the "Athlete of the Year" award for the second consecutive year.
Turkish athlete bags gold medal in men's 200 meters
Turkish world champion sprinter Ramil Guliyev on Aug. 9 captured the gold medal in the 200-meter men's race in the European Athletics Championships in Berlin.
Turkish runner Ramil Guliyev says 200m world gold result of hard work
Among the eight sprinters lined up at the start of the world 200 meters final and the 56,000 people in the crowd watching, only one man probably thought Ramil Guliyev would be the winner, and that was the Turkish athlete himself.