The capital's Olympic Village Business Center hosted a press conference dedicated to complex preparations for the V Asian Indoors and Martial Arts Games to be held in September this year in Ashgabat. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Executive Committee of the Asian Games 2017, the National Olympic Committee, the State Committee on Sports, foreign experts on organization of international sports forums.

Turkmen athletes participated in 138 international competitions overseas and won 643 medals (221 gold, 196 silver and 226 bronze). This is for 232 medals more than in previous year. This are 86 prizes during world’ tournaments, 291 during Asian cups and 266 at other prestigious competitions.

The horse marathon in honour of Asian games -2017, which started 250 days ago at walls of the state historical and cultural reserve «Old Nisa», reached Lebap velayat having passed through cities and villages of Akhal, Balkan and Dashoghuz regions.

Today, employees of all ministries and departments, organizations and enterprises, including the Cabinet of Ministers and Mejlis of Turkmenistan and students of higher educational institutions locally held industrial gymnastics.

An official mascot and brand of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games have been approved. Expressive symbols, reflecting the national identity, ethnographic and cultural-historical peculiarities of our country, the world of its nature and folk traditions have supplemented the complex of various attributes of Asian Games-2017.

National Ice Hockey Team returned from international training camp held in “Raubichi” Olympic Sport Complex in Minsk (Belarus). Our players held two friendly matches with local clubs, having confidently won both of them.

In the international basketball tournament in the 3х3 format that was held in the city of Eindhoven (Holland), the national female team of Turkmenistan won gold medals, and the male team - silver.

National Institute of Sport and Tourism hosted the action dedicated to the state policy of Turkmenistan for the development of sport of high achievements under the context of the decision of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on foundation of new faculty and construction of the building for this in above-mentioned institute.

“Ashgabat” multifunctional sport complex hold Turkmenistan Open Powerlifting championship, which gathered around 100 sportsmen from all regions of the country. Bu the results of the tournament, organized by the State Committee for Sport and by the Powerlifting Federation, initial national team will be formed for participation in 2017 Asian Games.

The session dedicated to discussion of the objectives followed from the Resolution signed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the day before on the improvement of facilities and equipment base of National Institute of Sport and Tourism and opening of new faculty was held at the above-mentioned educational institution.