National boxer Nurselen aims for her third European title

Nurselen Yalgettekin started boxing in 2018 to make good use of her spare time and quickly achieved significant success. The national athlete won two first-place finishes at the 23 and Under European Championship. At the Senior European Championship held in September, she won a bronze medal.

Nurselen, who will compete in her last tournament in this category due to her age, wants to return from the championship in Croatia, to be held on 14-25 November, with a gold medal. The athlete said she has been preparing at the Kastamonu Kadıdağı Boxing Camp and Training Center together with national team coach Muhammet Ali Keskin. Noting that they have been training in camps since the beginning of the year, Nurselen explained that continuous camp periods are physically and mentally exhausting.

Nurselen said that women's boxing in Turkey has developed rapidly since the Tokyo Olympics and that support from the state and the ministry has increased. Stressing that she takes inspiration from athletes who won at the Olympics, Nurselen said she believes the athletes in the under-23 team will bring medals to the country in the senior category, at world championships and at the Olympics.