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Aim: It is the examination of the relationship between mindfulness, competitive state anxiety and track performance in athletes. In addition, another aim of the study is to examine the effects of mindfulness levels of athletes on competitive state anxiety and track performance. Material and Method: The study group was determined according to the convenience sampling method in the study, in which the survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The sample of the research consisted of 292 (Female=95 and Male=197) athletes. The necessary institutional permission and ethics committee permission have been obtained for the research. The data were collected with the Mindfulness Inventory For Sport, Competition State Anxiety Inventory-2 and track performance information, as well as demographic information created by the researchers. Before the analysis, the assumption of normality was checked and descriptive statistics were determined. Then, relational (Pearson) and comparative (MANOVA and ANOVA) inferential statistical tests were performed. Significance is p=0.05. Results: In athletes, there is a negative aspect weak level between mindfulness and cognitive anxiety (r=-0.15, p<0.01) and physical anxiety (r=-0.19, p<0.01), in athletes, positive and weak level between mindfulness and track performance (r=0.15, p<0.01); a positive moderate (r=0.31, p<0.01) significant relationship was found between mindfulness and self-confidence. Athletes with high levels of mindfulness experienced significantly lower levels of physical anxiety (x̄=15.87±6.75) and felt higher levels of self-confidence (x̄=35.53±4.733). Again, it was found that athletes with a high level of conscious awareness had a significantly higher level of track performance (x=33.72±30.74). Conclusion and Suggestions: With the high level of mindfulness of the athletes, their self-confidence can increase and their physical anxiety can decrease. Similarly, high mindfulness can increase the performance of athletes.

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