Gizem Özer is in the semi-finals of the European Championship

In the day session of the organization held at the Asics Arena in the capital Sofia, Gizem Özer faced Barbora Maxova from the Czech Republic in the 60 kilo category.

The national athlete beat his opponent 5-0 and made it to the semi-finals and guaranteed to win the European championship medal for the first time in the senior category.

Gizem Özer will face French Sthelyne Grosy in the semi-finals tomorrow.

"Thank God I won"

Making a statement after the match, Gizem stated that she was excited for the semi-finals and said, "I had faced this opponent before and won 5-0, but today he wanted it too. Thank God, I won. After the Olympics, I had a bit of a period of ups and downs for 2 years. It was really a lot of ups and downs psychologically, spiritually and mentally, but today we got the reward of our efforts. We are progressing well as a team. I hope we can get the gold medals and return to our country." he said.

Early farewell from Buse Naz Çakıroğlu

World and European champion and Olympic runner-up Buse Naz Çakıroğlu, who changed her weight and entered the ring at 54 kilos, said goodbye to the championship after losing 3-2 to Sara Cirkovic from Serbia in the quarter-finals.

Buse Naz, who won gold medals in the last 3 European championships, could not get a medal in Sofia.