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Turkish weightlifters secured 14 medals, including six golds, and broke five European records on the opening day of the European Junior and Under-23 Weightlifting Championships in Durres, Albania.
According to the Turkish Weightlifting Federation, Türkiye's athletes finished the first day with six gold, five silver and three bronze medals across the junior and under-23 categories.
In the junior women's 49-kilogram division, Ezgi Kilic became European champion after lifting a combined 166 kilograms across the snatch and clean and jerk events.
Kilic took silver in both individual disciplines, lifting 77 kilograms in the snatch and 89 kilograms in the clean and jerk, before claiming gold in the overall standings.
Competing in the same division, Aysu Bektas picked up bronze in the snatch with 76 kilograms and finished fourth in the clean and jerk with 88 kilograms.
Her combined total of 164 kilograms earned her the overall silver medal.
Meanwhile, Gamze Altun added two gold medals in the women's under-23 49-kilogram category, setting European records with 101 kilograms in the clean and jerk and 176 kilograms overall. She also secured bronze in the snatch with a 75-kilogram lift.
In the men's under-23 60-kilogram division, Yigit Erdogan claimed two gold medals after setting European records in the snatch with 123 kilograms and the overall total with 275 kilograms. He also picked up silver in the clean and jerk after lifting 152 kilograms.
Fellow Turkish athlete Ramazan Efe Yilmaz also broke a European record in the same division, winning gold in the clean and jerk with 155 kilograms.
Yilmaz added bronze in the snatch with 117 kilograms and secured overall silver with a combined total of 272 kilograms, bringing Türkiye's opening-day tally to 14 medals.
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