Turkey at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Turkey at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	TUR
NPC	Turkish Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	94 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Mahmut Bozteke Sevilay Öztürk
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 6 Silver 10 Bronze 12 Total 28
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Turkey, officially named Türkiye by the IPC competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This was the country's eighth appearance.^[1][2][3]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Mahmut Bozteke	Taekwondo	Men's 63 kg	30 August
Gold	Öznur Cüre	Archery	Women's individual compound open	31 August
Gold	Turkey women's national goalball team Fatma Gül Güler Reyhan Yılmaz Sevda Altınoluk Şeydanur Kaplan Berfin Altan Sevtap Altunoluk	Goalball	Women's tournament	5 September
Gold	Umut Ünlü	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S3	6 September
Gold	İbrahim Bölükbaşı	Judo	Men's +90 kg J2	7 September
Gold	Umut Ünlü	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle S3	7 September
Silver	Ali Can Özcan	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	29 August
Silver	Gamze Gürdal	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	30 August
Silver	Fatih Çelik	Taekwondo	Men's 70 kg	30 August
Silver	Aysel Özgan	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1	31 August
Silver	Mohammad Khalvandi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	31 August
Silver	Aysel Önder	Athletics	Women's 400 m T20	3 September
Silver	Abdullah Kayapınar	Powerlifting	Men's −49 kg	4 September
Silver	Besra Duman	Powerlifting	Women's −55 kg	5 September
Silver	Sadık Savaş Merve Nur Eroğlu	Archery	Mixed Team Recurve	5 September
Silver	Kübra Korkut	Table tennis	Women's Individual C7	5 September
Bronze	Meryem Betül Çavdar	Taekwondo	Women's 52 kg	29 August
Bronze	Abdullah Öztürk Nesim Turan	Table tennis	Men's doubles MD8	30 August
Bronze	Ali Öztürk	Table tennis	Men's Individual C5	3 September
Bronze	Nazmiye Muratlı	Powerlifting	Women's −45 kg	4 September
Bronze	Ebru Acer	Table tennis	Women's Individual C11	5 September
Bronze	Ecem Taşın	Judo	Women's 48 kg J1	5 September
Bronze	Cahide Eke	Judo	Women's 48 kg J2	5 September
Bronze	Sevilay Öztürk	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly S5	6 September
Bronze	Hakan Akkaya	Wheelchair fencing	Men's épée A	6 September
Bronze	Fatma Damla Altın	Athletics	Women's Long Jump T20	6 September
Bronze	Sibel Çam	Powerlifting	Women's −73 kg	7 September
Bronze	Nazan Akın Güneş	Judo	Women's +70 kg J1	7 September

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Serkan Yıldırım	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T12	31 August 2024

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	2	0	1	3
Taekwondo	1	3	1	5
Archery	1	1	0	2
Judo	1	0	3	4
Goalball	1	0	0	1
Powerlifting	0	2	2	4
Athletics	0	2	1	3
Table tennis	0	1	3	4
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Wheelchair fencing	0	0	1	1
Total	6	10	12	28

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Umut Ünlü	Swimming	2	0	0	2

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	4	5	9
Athletics	6	10	16
Badminton	0	2	2
Blind football	10	—	10
Goalball	0	6	6
Judo	5	5	10
Paratriathlon	1	0	1
Powerlifting	2	3	5
Rowing	1	1	2
Shooting	3	5	8
Swimming	2	4	6
Table tennis	3	5	8
Taekwondo	4	4	8
Wheelchair Fencing	1	0	1
Wheelchair Tennis	2	0	2
Total	44	50	94

Turkey entered nine athletes into the games by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and through 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bahattin Hekimoğlu	Individual W1	661	2	—	Tonon (ITA) L 134-138	Did not advance			5
Yiğit Caner Aydın		640	8	Anderson (RSA) L 132-133	Did not advance				9
Sadık Savaş	Individual Recurve	646	4	Rezende (BRA) W 6–0	Netsiri (THA) W 6–4	Arab Ameri (IRI) L 6–0	Did not advance		5
Yavuz Papağan		605	18	Fabčič (SLO) W 6–4	Kwak (KOR) L 2–6	Did not advance			9

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nil Mısır	Individual W1	572	9	—	Pellizzari (ITA) W 118-112	Musilová (CZE) L 125-126	Did not advance		5
Öznur Cüre	Individual Compound	704 WR	1	—	Ferelly (INA) W 143-128	Adhana (IND) W 145-140	Grinham (GBR) W 145-143	Hemmati (IRI) W 144-141
Sevgi Yorulmaz		634	27	Chupin (FRA) L 127-130	Did not advance				17
Merve Nur Eroğlu	Individual Recurve	581	8	Bye	Olszewska (POL) L 0-6	Did not advance			9
Yağmur Şengül		579	10	Posada (CUB) W 6-0	Pooja  (IND) L 0-6	Did not advance			9

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bahattin Hekimoğlu Nil Mısır	Team W1	1233	5	—	South Korea L 132-134	Did not advance		5
Sadık Savaş Merve Nur Eroğlu	Team Recurve	1227	3	—	Ukraine  W 5-3	Slovenia  W 5-4	Italy  L 2-6

Turkish track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Serkan Yıldırım	Men's 100 metres T12	10.89 DQ	1 Q	10.70 DQ	1
	Men's 400 m T12	— DQ
Oğuz Akbulut	Men's 400 m T12	50.04	4 Q	50.68	4
Mikail Al	Men's 1500 m T13	—		3:55.34	8
	Men's 5000 m T13	—		16:12.45	7
Aysel Önder	Women's 400 m T20	54.96 WR	1 Q	55.23
Hamide Doğangün	Women's 100 m T53	—		16.88	6
	Women's 400 m T53	—		56.90	5
	Women's 800 m T53	—		1:51.70	4

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Abdullah Ilgaz	High jump T47	1.98	4
Muhammet Atıcı	Shot Put F20	16.09	5
Mohammad Khalvandi	Javelin throw F57	49.97

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Büşra Nur Tırıklı	Discus Throw F11	26.08	8
Esra Bayrak	Long Jump T20	5.64	4
Fatma Damla Altın		5.73
Reyhan Taşdelen		5.11	12
Serap Demirkapu	Javelin throw F13	DNS
Ebrar Keskin	Shot Put F20	13.66	5
Eda Yıldırım		11.95	13
Rabia Cirit	Shot Put F40	7.46	9

Turkey has qualified two para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emine Seçkin	Women's singles WH2	Yamazaki (JPN) L (15–21, 14–21)	Yutong (CHN) L (5–21, 8–21)	—	3	Did not advance			7
Halime Yıldız	Women's singles SL3	Ito (JPN) W (21–10, 21–4)	Henpraiwan (THA) W (21-12, 21–18)	Zuxian (CHN) L (9–21, 10-21)	2 Q	Kozyna (UKR) L (21–14, 15-21, 24-26)	Did not advance		5

The Turkish men's team qualified for the games after winning the 2022 European Championships held in Pescara, Italy.^[5]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				7th–8th place
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Turkey men's	Men's tournament	Brazil L 0–3	China L 0–2	France L 0–2	4	Japan W 2–0	7

Team roster

Coach: Niyazi Metin

The following is the Turkey squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	GK	Hüseyin Saygılı	Sighted	(1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 33)
2	MF	Recep Aydeniz	B1	(1995-12-19)19 December 1995 (aged 28)
3	DF	Muhammed Ali Öktem	B1	(2001-08-10)10 August 2001 (aged 23)
5	DF	Ertuğrul Demirel	B1	(1990-10-11)11 October 1990 (aged 33)
7	MF	Emre Aslan	B1	(1996-11-07)7 November 1996 (aged 27)
10	MF	Celal Çoban	B1	(1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 31)
11	FW	Hasan Şatay	B1	(1994-10-07)7 October 1994 (aged 29)
14	FW	Oğuzhan Yokuş	B1	(1996-09-13)13 September 1996 (aged 27)
16	DF	Semih Deniz	B1	(1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 35)
23	GK	Kerem Yıldırır	Sighted	(2004-01-25)25 January 2004 (aged 20)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	France (H)	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	China	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4	Fifth place match
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	Seventh place match

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Seventh place match

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Turkey women's	Women's tournament	Brazil D 3–3	China L 5–7	Israel W 5–4	2 Q	South Korea W 6–3	Brazil W 3–1	Israel W 8–3

The Turkish women's goalball team entered the Paralympic games after winning the 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Matosinhos, Portugal.^[7]

Team roster

Coach: Gultekin Karasu

The following is the Turkey squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[8]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Fatma Gül Güler	B2	(2004-02-12)12 February 2004 (aged 20)
2	Reyhan Yılmaz	B2	(2001-11-18)18 November 2001 (aged 22)
3	Sevda Altunoluk	B2	(1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 30)
4	Şeydanur Kaplan	B2	(2000-03-23)23 March 2000 (aged 24)
7	Sevtap Altunoluk	B3	(1995-10-01)1 October 1995 (aged 28)
8	Berfin Altan	B3	(2003-11-24)24 November 2003 (aged 20)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	16	7	+9	9	Quarter-finals
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	13	14	−1	4
3	Israel	3	1	0	2	13	15	−2	3
4	Brazil	3	0	1	2	8	14	−6	1

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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gökçe Yavuz	−73 kg J1	Iafa (POR) L 00–10	Did not advance					9
Yasin Çimciler	−90 kg J1	Bye	Dashtseren (ITA) W 10–00	Cavalcante (BRA) L 00–11	—	Bye	Crețul (MDA) L 01–10	5
Onur Taştan	+90 kg J1	—	Dashtseren (MGL) L 00–10	Did not advance	—	Utepov (KAZ) W 10–00	Grandry (FRA) L 00–10	5
Recep Çiftçi	−73 kg J2	Vargoczki (ROM) L 00–10	Did not advance					9
İbrahim Bölükbaşı	+90 kg J2	—	Bye	Skelley (GBR) W 01–00	—	Bye	Chikoidze (GEO) W 01–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ecem Taşın	−48 kg J1	Bye	Müller (GER) W 10–00	Hangai (JPN) L 00–01	Bye	Masourou (GRE) W 10-00
Merve Uslu	−70 kg J1	Bye	Souza (BRA) L 00–10	Did not advance	Lauria (ITA) W 10–00	Pernheim (SWE) L 00–11	5
Nazan Akın Güneş	+70 kg J1	Bye	Ismiyeva (AZE) W 10–00	Zoaga (BRA) L 00-10	Bye	Ergasheva (UZB) W 10–00
Cahide Eke	−48 kg J2	Bye	Ivanytska (UKR) W 01–00	Nauatbek (KAZ) L 00–11	Bye	Thal (GER) W 10-00
Döndü Yeşilyurt	−57 kg J2	Brussig (GER) W 11–00	Arce Payno (ESP) L 00–11	Did not advance	Wang (CHN) W 10–01	Fedossova (KAZ) L 00–11	5

One triathletes earned quota places for Turkey in paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total time	Rank
Uğurcan Özer	Men's PTS5	11:32	0:58	30:51	0:32	17:24	1:01:17	6

Turkey secured five quotas by virtue of the world rankings when the qualifying period ended on 26 June 2024.

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Abdullah Kayapınar	Men's −49 kg	180
Uğur Yumuk	Men's −72 kg	180	7
Nazmiye Muratlı	Women's −45 kg	108
Besra Duman	Women's −55 kg	113
Sibel Çam	Women's −73 kg	120

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nurşen Şen Yiğit Doğukan Bozkurt	PR2 mixed double sculls	9:28.00	5 R	9:50.70	5 FB	10:01.19	9

Turkey entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Murat Oğuz	P1 - 10 m air pistol SH1	560	12	Did not advance
Muharrem Korhan Yamaç		555	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aysel Özgan	P2 - 10 m air pistol SH1	560	4 Q	231.1
Ayşegül Pehlivanlar		556	7 Q	190.9	4
Çağla Baş	R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	613.0	14	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Murat Oğuz	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1	540	23	Did not advance
Muharrem Korhan Yamaç		561	15	Did not advance
Cevat Karagöl	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	495	27	Did not advance
Ayşegül Pehlivanlar		533	8 Q	142.7	6
Erhan Coşkuner	R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1	632.7	12	Did not advance
	R6 - 50 metre rifle prone SH1	609.1	32	Did not advance
Hakan Çevik	R5 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2	619.1	28	Did not advance
	R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2	635.7	10	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Umut Ünlü	50 m freestyle S3	44.90	1 Q	44.83
	50 m backstroke S3	52.97	7 Q	53.17	7
	200m individual medley SM3	3:16.68	5 Q	3:18.00	6
	200 m freestyle S3	3:20.29	1 Q	3:19.53
Turgut Aslan Yaraman	100 m freestyle S8	1:00.64	10	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S8	1:08.87	7Q	1:07.72	4
	200m individual medley SM8	2:32.28	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S8	4:45.71	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sümeyye Boyacı	50 m butterfly S5	51.87	8 Q	49.67	7
	50 m backstroke S5	43.84	5 Q	43.30	4
	100 m freestyle S5	1:32.44	10	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S5	3:17.25	12	Did not advance
Sevilay Öztürk	50 m butterfly S5	44.70	3 Q	43.70
	50 m backstroke S5	45.34	8 Q	43.30	7
	100 m freestyle S5	1:35.50	14	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM5	4:00.04	10	Did not advance
Elif İldem	50 m backstroke S2	1:44.64	9	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S2	3:37.03	9	Did not advance
Meryem Nur Tunug	200 m freestyle S5	3:37.91	17	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM5	4:19.93	14	Did not advance

Turkey entered seven athletes for the Paralympic games. Ebru Acer take her spot after winning the 2023 Virtus Global Games held in Vichy, France. Later on, the other quotas being secure by Abdullah Öztürk and Kübra Öçsoy Korkut by virtue of their gold medal results in their respective class, thought the 2023 European Championships in Sheffield, Great Britain.^[11] Meanwhile, the other athletes vying for the games through the allocations of final ITTF world ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals/ BM	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Öztürk	Individual C4	Ogunkunle (NGR) L 1-3	Did not advance			9
Nesim Turan	Individual C4	Rodríguez (CHI) W 3-1	Kim (KOR) L 1-3	Did not advance		5
Ali Öztürk	Individual C5	Liu (CHN) W 3-2	Baus (GER) W 3-2	Urhaug (NOR) L 0–3	Did not advance
Abdullah Öztürk Nesim Turan	Doubles MD8	Argentina W 3–1	South Korea W 3–0	Germany L 2–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals/ BM	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hatice Duman	Individual C3	Ragazzini (ITA) L 0-3	Did not advance			9
Kübra Öçsoy Korkut	Individual C7	Bye	Perez (MEX) W 3-2	Twomey (GBR) W 3-2	van Zon (NED) W 2-3
Merve Demir	Individual C10	Partyka (POL) L 0-3	Did not advance			9
Ebru Acer	Individual C11	Bye	Ferney (FRA) W 3-1	Wada (JPN) L 2-3	Did not advance
Merve Demir Neslihan Kavas	Women's doubles WD20	Sweden W 3–0	Chinese Taipei L 0–3	Did not advance		5

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Öztürk Hatice Duman	Doubles MD8	—	Slovakia L 0–3	Did not advance			9

Turkey entered eight athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective division.

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ali Can Özcan	–58 kg	Bye	Villalobos (ESP) W 22–17	Zeynalov (AZE) W 23–18	—	Yasur (ISR) L 12–19
Mahmut Bozteke	–63 kg	Bye	Milad (ISR) W 30–7	Torquato (BRA) W 10–6	—	Erdene (MGL) W 9–7
Fatih Çelik	–70 kg	Bye	Nikoladze (GEO) W 24–19	Kudo (JPN) W 15–10	—	Khalilov (AZE) L 2–15
Mehmet Sami Saraç	+80 kg	Keita (SEN) L 4–6	Did not advance				11

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nurcihan Ekinci	–47 kg	Tanwar (IND) W 19–0	Phuangkitcha (THA) L 4–8	Did not advance	Khudadadi (RPT) L 1–9	Did not advance	7
Meryem Betül Çavdar	–52 kg	Bye	Japaridze (GEO) L 6–7	—	Stumpf (BRA) W 8–6	Quijano (MEX) W 6–3
Gamze Gürdal	–57 kg	Bye	War (FIJ) W 29–5	Mičev (SRB) W 14–1	—	Yujie (CHN) L 0–11
Seçil Er	–65 kg	Bye	Dassi (CMR) L 6–13	Did not advance	Gkentzou (GRE) L 2–23	Did not advance	7

At the end of the qualification period, Turkey had qualified the following fencer for Paris. One fencer were announced in Turkey's squad for the Games.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 4	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hakan Akkaya	Men's foil A	Kano (JPN) W 15–12	Ovsath (HUN) W 15–14	Betti (ITA) L 9–15	Lambertini (ITA) L 11–15	Did not Advance	6
	Men's épée A	Nalewajek (POL) W 15–5	Rossi (ITA) W 15–10	Gilliver (GBR) L 6–15	Manko (UKR) W 14–13	Lambertini (ITA) W 15–13

Turkey entered two players into the Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmet Kaplan	Quads singles	Wagner (USA) W 6–1, 6-2	Lapthorne (GBR) W 6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Vink (NED) L 1-6, 1-6	Sasson (ISR) L 7-5, 4-6, 1-6	4
Uğur Altınel		Slade (GBR) L 6–76–8, 7–67–1, 6–1	Did not advance			9
Ahmet Kaplan Uğur Altınel	Quads doubles	—	Pena / Silva (BRA) L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance		5

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