14/01/2019   Istanbul (TUR): great results of Salih Korkmaz (TUR), Selman Ilhan (TUR), Mustafa Tekdal (TUR) and Meryem Bekmez (TUR)






Yesterday took place in Istanbul (TUR) the Indoor Race Walking Championships sponsored by SportToto which also gives its name to the indoor facility.

 
About ninety walkers who participated in walking events and among them the most important names were those of Salih Korkmaz (U23 men), Selman Ilhan (U20 men), Mustafa Teekdal (U18 men) and Maryem Bekmez (U20 women).
The men competed on the distance of 5,000m indoors, while women on the usual distance of 3,000m indoors.
In the lower categories (U16 and U14) both boys and girls competed on the distance of 2,000m indoor.
 
 
5.000m indoor walk men
 
Four athletes at the start.
Salih Korkmaz immediately took the lead, passing also at 3.000m in 11:34.33.
This performance represents Turkey's new indoor national record at 3.000m Indoor U23 (previous 11:41.06).
Salih Korkmaz (TUR) finishes the race in 19:15.67 also this new national record U23 of Turkey on the distance of 5.000m indoor (previous always of the same athlete with the time of 19:33.57 established in Istanbul on January 14, 2017)
 

Below the progression on the distance of 5.000m indoor of Salih Korkmaz

 


SEASON PERFORMANCE PLACE DATE
       
2018/19 19:15.67 Istanbul (TUR) 13 JAN 2019
2017/18 20:00.50 Istanbul (TUR) 13 JAN 2018
2016/17 19:33.57 Istanbul (TUR) 14 JAN 2017
2015/16 20:27.59 Minsk (BLR) 27 FEB 2016
2014/15 22:23.30 Istanbul (TUR) 14 FEB 2015
 
 
Second place for Ibrahim Ornek (TUR) in 21:34.79
The other two athletes did not lead the withdrawal race.
 
 
Below are the first five athletes at the time of the world list on 5,000m indoor walk

 

 

RANK MARK COMPETITOR DOB NAT VENUE DATE
             
18:28.5h Vasiliy MIZINOV 29 DEC 1997 RUSRUS Chelyabinsk (RUS) 06 JAN 2019
19:09.44 Gabriel BORDIER 08 OCT 1997 FRAFRA Nantes (FRA) 05 JAN 2019
19:15.67 Salih KORKMAZ 14 APR 1997 TURTUR Istanbul (TUR) 13 JAN 2019
19:20.01 Ivan LOSEV 26 JAN 1986 UKRUKR Kiev (UKR) 11 JAN 2019
19:24.21 Eduard ZABUZHENKO 18 APR 1998 UKRUKR Kiev (UKR) 11 JAN 2019

 

 
 
 
5.000m U20 indoor walk men
 
There are eleven athletes at the start.
The battle for the victory and the title was between Selman Ilhan, Umut Temel and Ozgur Topsakal.
At 3,000m Selman Ilhan (TUR) took the lead in 12:08.98 (this performance also represents the new U20 national record on the indoor distance of Turkey).
In the second part of the race he forces the pace just enough to win at 5.000m in 20:41.96
Second place for Umut Temel (TUR) in 20:45.24
Third place for Ozgur Topsakal (TUR) in 20:46.79
 
They finish the race in eight with two DQ athletes and one DNF
 
 
 
5.000m U18 indoor walk boys
 
There are eleven athletes at the start.
Mustafa Tekdal (TUR) wins in 21:14.85 without any difficulty. This mark it represents the Turkey's new U18 national indoor record on the distance of 5.000m (previous by Ertas Azat, TUR in 21:21.64, established in Istanbul, TUR on Jan. 14, 2017).
Second place for Hamza Bayraktar (TUR) in 22:33.17
Third place for Faruk Isikdag (TUR) in 23:19.98
 
Ten athletes finished the race with one athlete DQed
 
 
 

 

 

 
3.000m indoor walk women
 
Victory for Secil Akpinar (TUR) in 14:54.80
Second place for Kibar Gerkin (TUR) in 17:57.22
Third place for Heval Can Sahin (TUR) in 19:27.77
 
 
 
3.000m U20 indoor walk women
 
Great victory for Meryem Bekmez (TUR) that passes to 2.000m in 8:18.02 and goes to win undisturbed in 12:35.23 which represents the new national record U20 of Turkey (previous of the same athlete in 13:05.40)
Second place for Evin Demir (TUR) in 14:14.30
Third place for Inci Cicek (TUR) in 15:43.32
 
 
With this performance  the young Turkish leads at the moment to the U20 world list of 3.000m indoor walk

 

 

RANK MARK COMPETITOR DOB NAT VENUE DATE
             
12:35.23 Meryem BEKMEZ 31 JUL 2000 TURTUR Istanbul (TUR) 13 JAN 2019
13:30.3h Yuliya KHALILOVA 19 NOV 2002 RUSRUS Chelyabinsk (RUS) 06 JAN 2019
14:03.31 Sarah ALI 19 SEP 2001 FRAFRA Mondeville (FRA) 12 JAN 2019
14:08.7h Yelena SBORETS 07 APR 2003 RUSRUS Chelyabinsk (RUS) 06 JAN 2019
14:09.42 Julia PERRICHON 22 APR 2001 FRAFRA Metz (FRA) 13 JAN 2019

 

 
 
 
3.000m U18 indoor walk girls
 
Victory for Nuray Eylul Simsek (TUR) in 15:30.22
Second place for Melek Savci (TUR) in 15:45.16
Third place for Sukran Ayaz (TUR) in 15:54.22