She became the second Turkish athlete after Süreyya Ayhan to win the European Champion title and the fastest runner in Barcelona of 10 thousand meters.

She pulled away as of the 8th minute with a strong run for the remaining meters and left her rivals behind.

She was 100 meters ahead of her closest rival when she touched the finish line. She grabbed her title running in 31 minutes 10 seconds 24. Meryem Erdoğan who was also in the race finished in 5th place.