The title of vice-champion of Asia with three medals in the snatch, clean and jerk and combined total was won by Turkmen Surajbek Sapaev at the ongoing Asian weightlifting championship among youths and juniors in the capital of Uzbekistan.
Turkmen weightlifters won 11 medals at the Asian championship among youths (under 17 years old) and juniors (under 20 years old) held in Tashkent.
Today, the capital has hosted a regular meeting of the General Assembly of the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan. Within the framework of its agenda, the report on the activity of NOC for 2016-2021 was heard and the issues connected with election of the President of the National Olympic Committee of the country were considered.
Today, the administrative center of Balkan velayat hosted events dedicated to the upcoming National Day of the Turkmen Horse.
The specialized edition tells readers about the inauguration of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the first pages. We all know well that the head of state actively supports and promotes a healthy lifestyle and pays great attention to promoting sports in Turkmenistan.
Celebrations are being held in Turkmenistan on the occasion of the upcoming National Day of the Turkmen Horse, which will be celebrated on April 24 this year.
The footballers of the capital «Altyn Asyr» won the Super Cup of Turkmenistan. The team of «Turkmenaragatnashyk» agency achieved this success, having won the decisive match against Ashgabat «Kopetdag» - 2: 0.
The first Olympic silver medal in the history of independent Turkmenistan was won today by the master of sports from Ashgabat Polina Guryeva at the Tokyo Games. The student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports achieved this success in the weight category up to 59 kg, in which representatives of 14 countries competed.
Players of Turkmen Ahal with 3:1 win over Tajik Ravshan in the group round of Asian Football Confederation Cup. Both teams are in E Group, which matches are held in centralized format at Dolen Omurzakov Stadium without spectators according to the requirements of the AFC. Elman Tagayev has distinguished himself with two goals on the 14th and 18th minutes, another goal was scored by Kurban Annayev on the 63rd minute in our team. Among the winner of Tajikistan’s Cup, Daler Shomuradov has distinguished himself from the penalty on the 52nd minute.
Small bronze medal in clean and jerk in the weight category above 109 kg of 2018 World Weightlifting Championship in Ashgabat has been added to the list of awards of Turkmen weightlifter Hojamuhammet Toychiyev. It was handed over to our weightlifter on the final day of the Asian Championship in Tashkent by representatives of the Asian Weightlifting Federation. Representative of Turkmenistan national team has informed this news to our reporter.
