President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated Turkmen sportsmen and all people of Turkmenistan on handing over the Flag of the Olympic Council of Asia to Ashgabat.
In his Address the Turkmen leader congratulated Turkmen sportsmen on their success achieved at the IV Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in the Republic of Korea and returning home with gold and silver medals.
“One of our goals is to bring the sports system of Turkmenistan in compliance with the increased demands of the present day, popularize sports and healthy lifestyle, train sportsmen and coaches of international level, improve the legislation in the sphere of physical culture and sports as well as to bring physically and spiritually healthy generation”, said the President of Turkmenistan in his Address.
“Recognizing that sport is of particular significance for the health of people, we built world-class sports complexes, health-improving and entertainment centres in the cities and settlements of our beloved Fatherland. Large modern sports facilities, including the Olympic Water Sports Complex, National Olympic Palace of Sports, Winter Sports Complex, Ashgabat multifunctional stadium as well as other sports complexes work in the white-marble capital of our state. All this allow improving the sports system of the country, promoting sports movement and training sportsmen and teams of the international level.
Outstanding achievements of the state policy aimed at developing the physical culture and sports in the country became a major requisite for the decision of the Olympic Council of Asia for holding the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat in 2017.
With the aim to hold this large-scale international sports event in Ashgabat at the high level, a largest in Central Asia Olympic Village, including a complex of various sports facilities is under construction in Ashgabat.
The competitions in weightlifting, basketball, volleyball, judo, national wrestling as well as cycling and other sports will be organized within the framework of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on the Turkmen land at the high organizational level,” said the President of Turkmenistan in his congratulatory Address.
In his Address the Turkmen leader congratulated Turkmen sportsmen on their success achieved at the IV Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in the Republic of Korea and returning home with gold and silver medals.
“One of our goals is to bring the sports system of Turkmenistan in compliance with the increased demands of the present day, popularize sports and healthy lifestyle, train sportsmen and coaches of international level, improve the legislation in the sphere of physical culture and sports as well as to bring physically and spiritually healthy generation”, said the President of Turkmenistan in his Address.
“Recognizing that sport is of particular significance for the health of people, we built world-class sports complexes, health-improving and entertainment centres in the cities and settlements of our beloved Fatherland. Large modern sports facilities, including the Olympic Water Sports Complex, National Olympic Palace of Sports, Winter Sports Complex, Ashgabat multifunctional stadium as well as other sports complexes work in the white-marble capital of our state. All this allow improving the sports system of the country, promoting sports movement and training sportsmen and teams of the international level.
Outstanding achievements of the state policy aimed at developing the physical culture and sports in the country became a major requisite for the decision of the Olympic Council of Asia for holding the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat in 2017.
With the aim to hold this large-scale international sports event in Ashgabat at the high level, a largest in Central Asia Olympic Village, including a complex of various sports facilities is under construction in Ashgabat.
The competitions in weightlifting, basketball, volleyball, judo, national wrestling as well as cycling and other sports will be organized within the framework of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on the Turkmen land at the high organizational level,” said the President of Turkmenistan in his congratulatory Address.