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Weightlifting has been another successful sport for Turkey, regulary relied upon to provide gold medals in the Olympics . Its most famous Weightlifters Naim Suleymanoglu and Halil Mutlu are only two of four weightlifters in the world to have won 3 gold medals in 3 olympics. Athletics is another fast improving sport, Sureyya Ayhan set the 1500m world record in 2003 and Elvan Abeylegesse set a new 5000m record in 2004 . Turkey placed a bid to become a candidate for the 2012 olympics but was eliminated in the initial rounds. Part of its bid included the building of the 80,000 seater Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul . The stadium was used for the 2005 European Champions League final. Another world event for Turkey will be its addition to the Formula 1 season. The Track located at Istanbul will have a planned Seating Capacity of 155,000 people, is just over 5,340 m long and will run anti-clockwise. The track was designed by Hermann Tilke , designer of the Sepang , Bahrain and Shanghai tracks, and will make its debut on the August 21 , 2005 . Basketball is also gaining popularity in Turkey. Two Turkish nationals, Hedo Turkoglu and Mehmet Okur , have achieved success in the prestigious NBA of North America , generally considered the world's top basketball league. SEE ALSO
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