Turkish Cypriot youth fitness team earns six titles in Croatia

The Turkish Cypriot Children’s Fitness National Team won six category titles at the International World Fit Kids Championship in Novalja, Croatia, according to results released by the Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Federation and reported by Halkın Sesi.

The competition was held from 13 to 18 September and brought together 890 athletes from 15 countries, the federation said. The Turkish Cypriot squad consisted of 10 athletes and also recorded three second-place and three third-place finishes.

The federation said the team collected three Gold Star Gala awards, described as champion-of-champions honours. Coşkun Ateş won the Gold Star award in the Fit Kids Senior category, while Hazal Akçabey finished second in the Gold Star competition for 15-year-olds.

Among the category winners, Tunç Çağlayan took first place in Fit Kids for eight-year-olds and Defne Ekşi won the Fit Kids class for four-year-olds. Leman Gayi won the 12-year-old Fit Kids category and added third place in Acrodance.

Şengül Karataş won the Miss Fitness category for 16-year-olds. Umay Ada Erdemli placed second in the Fit Kids category for nine-year-olds, according to the federation’s results.

The results form part of the team’s overall tally of six first places, three second places and three third places at the championship.