National Gymnasts Train in Bolu for Olympic Quota

National athletes camping at the Murat Canbaş Gymnastics Hall in Karaçayır Neighborhood, Bolu, are training twice a day for the international events to be held next year. The athletes say they train a total of 4 hours a day, have not yet started on apparatus routines, and are currently focusing on basic work.

Mert Efe Kılıçer, a 22-year-old who competes on the horizontal bar, said 2026 was a successful year for him. Kılıçer, who reached the finals in several competitions and won 6 medals, said the team won gold at the Mediterranean Games, but they could not show the performance they wanted at the World Championships.

Kılıçer stressed that 2027 is very important as the Olympic quota process begins. He said the team's top priority is to finish in the top 12 at the European Championships and qualify for the team final, and then they want to bring an Olympic quota to the country at the World Championships.

Altan Doğan, who started gymnastics at the age of 5 and was selected for the national team at 9, said that at the last Mediterranean Games they became champions in the parallel bars and team categories. Doğan, who finished 5th in the parallel bars final at the European Championships, which he attended for the first time this year, said the team aims to win Olympic quotas at the 2027 European and World Championships.