Eda Erdem

Turkish women's national volleyball team will play Brazil on Aug. 10 for a chance to grab the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics after losing in straight sets to Italy in the semifinals.

The Italians were dominant against Türkiye, producing a 25-22, 25-19, 25-22 victory at the South Paris Arena on Aug. 8 night.

Turkish women's volleyball team triumphed over the Dominican Republic 3-1 in their second match at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, clinching a place in the quarterfinals.

Despite losing the first set 21-25 at the South Paris Arena, Türkiye rallied to win the next three sets 25-18, 25-22 and 25-15.

Turkish national women's volleyball team came from two sets behind on July 29 to beat the Netherlands 3-2 (19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-13) to win its first match at the Paris Olympics.

Türkiye made a slow start to the match, losing the first two sets against a determined and dominant Dutch team.

The nation was in a jubilant mood on Sept. 4, buoyed by the success of the Turkish women's volleyball national team the previous night.

Türkiye claimed a hard-fought victory at the Women's European Volleyball Championship after beating Serbia in five sets in the final match.

Türkiye enjoyed the biggest success of its women's national team to date late on July 16, when the "Sultans of the Net" became the third different side to win the Volleyball Nations League (VNL).

Artistic gymnast İbrahim Çolak was chosen as the 2021 Athlete of the Year at the 67th Gillette Milliyet Athlete of the Year awards on Sept. 29.

Mehmet Baykan, general manager of Sports Services, presented the award in a ceremony at Istanbul's Volkswagen Arena organized by the Turkish Milliyet daily newspaper and shaving products company Gillette.