It has been announced that two students from Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi (ALKÜ) will participate in the World University Summer Games in China. Salih Korkmaz will compete in the 20km walk and Esra Türkmen will compete in the javelin throw. Salih Korkmaz has already competed for the country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, while Esra Türkmen is the gold medalist in javelin throw at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in 2022.
More than 10,000 athletes and officials from 170 countries will take part in the 31st World Summer Universiade, which will be held in Chengdu from July 28 to August 8. Turkey will be represented by 108 athletes in 11 sports.
We wish good luck to our outstanding Alanians!