Selçuk University Student Secures World Championship

Selçuk University student and national weightlifter Cansu Bektaş became the world champion.

Cansu Bektaş, a third-year student in the Coaching Education Department of the Faculty of Sports Sciences at Selçuk University and a national athlete, clinched the world championship at the World Junior Weightlifting Championship held in Mexico. She won the gold medal in snatch, silver in clean and jerk, and a gold medal in the total category.

National athlete Bektaş secured 2 gold and 1 silver medal in the women's 45 kg category at the event in the city of Guadalajara. Cansu Bektaş achieved a gold medal in snatch with 73 kg, a silver medal in clean and jerk with 90 kg, and a total of 163 kg, earning her another gold medal.