Junior World Orienteering Championships: On the way to the top
Posted on | July 10, 2009 | Category: News
Tugba Daye from Turkey trains orienteering several times a week, and says with a smile that she has gold in her mind.
-I want to win JWOC 2011, she declares.
Tugba, who has two years left in junior class, finished 44th on the long distance in Italy. That is the best achievement of a Turkish junior ever. In the middle qualification she made too many mistakes and didn’t make it to the A final.
-I was very happy after the long distance, but not so happy with the middle qualification race, she says.
The 18-year-old athlete lives in Izmir, a city with approximately 50 orienteers. Tugba is mostly training alone. She has been training for five years, and she believes her chances are good in the future. She also has a good coach, Ömer Furkan, who helps her on her way to the top in the sport that she loves.
Tugba Daye with her team mates Ösge Akdemik (left), Sadik Caner Balkozak, Ümit Balatli, Ali Cakal and Fatros Yilmaz.
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