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Turkish athlete opens track and field with javelin gold. Turkey wins shooting gold at Mersin Games. Eight Turkish weightlifters left off Med Games squad for doping. European metres hurdles champion Nevin Yanit has been banned for two years after the Turkish athlete tested positive for banned substances.

Yanit, 26, who won the title in and , failed a doping test during a competition in Germany in February. Turkey has been hit by a series of doping scandals at a time when Istanbul is bidding to host the Olympics, competing against Tokyo and Madrid. The International Olympic Committee select the host city on 7 September.

Earlier this month, the Turkish Athletics Federation gave two-year suspensions to 31 athletes for drug offences, including Esref Apak, who won a silver medal in the hammer at Athens Olympics in Russian shot-putter Anna Avdeyeva has also been banned for two years for a drugs offence.