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. Participants of the tournament organized by the State Sports Committee and National Sport Dance Federation were divided into the two age groups - juniors, and a mixed group - young people and adults. The winners and prize-winners contested in the three Latin American dance disciplines - rumba, cha-cha-cha and jive. The Turkmen dance team at the upcoming Asian Games 2017 will be represented by Nikita Svetilnik, Maria Korchagina and Anastasia Yuzhakova. And the present competitions had determined 12 sportsmen more. In the adult group, the duet of Alexander Sisekin and Valery Nepomnyaschaya had won gold medals. A.Sisekin has an extensive experience in the international contests. For example, in 2014, he won the silver medal at the World Dance Olympiad hosted by Moscow, Russia. The second place was awarded to Tahir Shebekov and Daria Gokova, third place - to the duet of Meylis Atamyradov and Lidiya Gogoleva. Among the juniors, gold was won by Redzhepov Ali and Daria Makarkina. The pair of Djhemshit Atamyradov and Angelina Grigoryeva became silver winners, and bronze medals were awarded to Ahmad Ibrahimov and Faith Zhilkubaevoy. The skill level of the Turkmen sport dance school has grown significantly over the last year, said the chief judge of the competition Alexander Novokshonov. This is the result of hard work, which is based on the experience of the leading international instructors, as well as on the strong dedication of the athletes, he added. Theoretical and practical sessions with the sportsmen were led by Natalia Simagina, whose athletes had repeatedly become winners and prize-winners of major competitions in the world and European arena. In February 2017, the Turkmen team plans to travel to Belarus, where the training process would follow up by the international competitions.