Turkish gymnast Önder bags silver in Gymnastics WC
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:35 | 14 October 2019
- Modified Date: 12:36 | 14 October 2019
Turkish male athlete Ahmet Önder won silver medal in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 in Germany on Sunday.
Önder secured 14,983 points to become runner-up in the parallel bars final.
He also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Joe Fraser from Great Britain was the world champion after earning 15,000 points in Sunday's final in Stuttgart.
Japan's Kaya Kazuma bagged bronze medal with 14,966 points.
Another Turkish gymnast Ferhat Arıcan ended the final in the fifth spot. Arıcan bagged 14,900 points.
Turkey on Saturday won its first ever gold medal in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019.
In the men's rings final, the 24-year-old athlete Ibrahim Çolak got 14,933 points and won the gold medal for his country.
Turkey won two World Championships medals for the first time in history.
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