Ashgabat, December 20 (TDH). The qualifying competitions in sport dancing were held at the sports complex ""Galkynysh"". They were aimed at finalizing the national team composition for V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games to be hosted by Turkmenistan in September 2017.

National team won 14 medals where nine gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

It was the first victory of the sportsmen of Silab Seydiyev and Serdar Atayev, having taken over the Ashagbat champion, the team of the Ministry of Public Services “Bagtyyarlyk” with 2:1 score.

The run along the eastern part of the Path of Health from Chandybil Avenue of the capital to the Centre of Broadcasting “Turkmenistan”, which is more than 18 kilometres, was the final fifth stage, which defined the winners of 2016. The total altitude from start to finish reaches 1320 meters there due to repeating slopes and rises. The round was organized by the State Committee for Sport and the Hyakimlik of Archabil etrap.

The ceremony of awarding Turkmen athletes - the winners of the Asia Ju-Jitsu Championship took place at the National Institute for Tourism and Sports. Valuable gifts were awarded to the winners on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan.

In Sochi (Russia), the world chess championship among schoolboys in the 7-17-year-old age group was held, in which Turkmen sportsman Saparmyrat Atabayev won gold medal. Our compatriot achieved this success in the age group under 17.

On the weekends, the capital of Belarus hosted the CIS Open Cup – World ITF Taekwondo Cup, where Turkmen sportsmen demonstrated a high level of professionalism. They won nine medals - four gold, two silver and three bronze ones.

On December 9, a Martial Arts Complex of the capital’s Olympic Village hosted an opening ceremony of the Asian Jujitsu Championship, which gathered together several hundreds of participants from 24 countries, including China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Nepal, etc. On the first day of competitions the athletes of Turkmenistan won 16 prizes (three gold, four silver and nine bronze medals). This allowed our national team to take first place in the team rating.

On December 5, the Conference Hall of the National Sports and Tourism Institute hosted the meeting focused on discussing the Turkmen President- initiated Resolution on encouraging sportsmen – the winners in the Olympics and other large international competitions, as well as their coaches.

Football players of «Altyn asyr» and «Balkan» will represent Turkmenistan in 2017 at the second-largest AFC Cup Asian Club Tournament. The team of the Ministry of Communications in the capacity of the champion and holder of the Cup of the country will act in the group tournament, while «Balkan», as the vice-champion, will begin struggle for the continental club trophy from a qualifying round of competitions. It was defined by the results of the championship of Turkmenistan, the medals of which in four-circular tournament will be contended for by 10 teams.