Turkey won three golds and a silver on the final day of the European Championships here on Sunday to serve notice of their strength ahead of the 2012 Olympics in London.
In the women’s -53kg final Turkey’s Hatice Yangin just edged Croatia’s Ana Zaninovic 8-7 while her compatriot Nur Tatar enjoyed a more comfortable 11-5 success over Haby Niare of France to win gold in the -67kg category.
Meanwhile, in the men’s events Servet Tazegul had a walkover against Croatia’s Filip Grgic in the -68kg gold medal match while Ridvan Baygut just missed out on another Tuirkish gold on Sunday after a 6-5 defeat by Russia’s Aliaskhab Sirazhov in the climax of the -74kg class.
