BEIJING - Azize Tanrikulu and Servet Tazegul of Turkey have won medals in taekwondo in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the People`s Republic of China.
Tanrikulu won silver medal in women`s 57 kg while Tazegul won silver medal in the men`s 68 kg.
Turkey has won six medals in the 2008 Beijing Games so far. Earlier, Sibel Guler won silver in women`s weight-lifting, Ramazan Sahin won gold and Nazmi Avluca won bronze in men`s wrestling and Elvan Abeylegesse won silver in women`s 10,000 m.
Meanwhile, Yakup Kilic of Turkey competing in men`s 57 kg boxing qualified to semi-final. He will vie for gold medal against Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine in the semi final on August 22nd.
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