National archer Mete Gazoz told the AA correspondent that the new 4-year Olympic process has started after the 2024 Paris Olympics. Pointing out that the first major tournament in the Olympic process is the European Indoor Championships to be held in Samsun between 17-23 February, the national archer said, “The distance in the European Championships is 18 meters, the distance in the Olympics is 70 meters, but it is a very valuable competition in terms of competition experience and team experience. Plenty.” “I expect it to be a medal-winning European Championship.” he said.
Mete Gazoz emphasized that the main target competition of 2025 is the World Championship to be held in South Korea in September and said, “There will be many tournaments until this championship. We will collect as many medals as we can in those tournaments. In the World Championship, as in the previous championship, we will be the world champion.” “We want to return to our country.” he said.
“I AM HAPPY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE ME AS AN EXAMPLE”
Pointing out that interest in archery has increased in Turkey in recent years, Mete Gazoz said:
“I am happy that young people take me as an example. I am the person who appears to be at the forefront of this work. Behind this work, our coaches and our federation work hard. I am just trying to explain how we achieved the successes we achieved as long as I was given the right to speak. Our young people also like it and start archery. This It is really a great thing, because the archers who will come after me should also achieve success. Then our championships will be valuable. My advice to young people is to do archery with love. “It is enjoyable and fun. If they train in a disciplined manner, they will definitely be successful in the process.”