Members of the Refugee Team who participated in the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games have expressed hope that more global competitions will open their doors for them in the future. Five athletes – Paulo Amotun Lokoro, Wiyual Puok Deng, Gai Nyang Tap, Ukuk Uthoo Bul and Yiech Pur Biel – were selected for Ashgabat 2017 following trials organised by the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya.  Biel, who reached the semi-finals of the men’s 800m, said the experie...

On September 19, 2017 The Olympic Council of Asia held their 70th Executive Board meeting at the Olympia Hotel in Ashgabat. The OCA President, Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, welcomed the members to the capital city of Turkmenistan on the occasion of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and ahead of the OCA General Assembly meeting which took place on 20th of September. “I am honoured to be here with the sports family from Asia and Oceania, the International Olympic Committee, Inter...

Ashgabat 2017 Games are ongoing in the Olympic village. Last day was rich for events: the competitions in 11 sports were held where medals were contested in five of them. On the same day, belt wrestling jujitsu and power lifting competitions brought 27 medals including 14 gold one to the collection of our team. It allowed keeping confident leadership of our country in total medal count. By the outcomes of all days of the competitions, our national team has 89 prizes - 43 gold m, 28 silver and 18...

On September 18, 2017 the press conference for the representatives of the media was held in the Media centre of the Olympic village. Substantive questions of the press conference were aimed at strengthening productive relations, improving the efficiency of joint measures on coverage of sports competitions of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The meeting participants emphasized that cooperation of Turkmenistan’s mass media representatives with sports press associations, leading jour...

On September 18, 2017 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs there was a meeting on the adoption at the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council of the Declaration on the Encouragement of valuable contribution of the Refugees Olympic teams to consolidation of peace and human rights. Turkmen diplomats, political scientists, representatives of public organizations, mass media, teachers and students of higher educational institutions took part in the meeting. The fact that Turkmenistan was the in...

On September 16, 2017 the first game day in the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ended. The official opening of the Games took place on September 17, but the first sets of jiu-jitsu and the national Turkmen wrestling awards was played, the futsal team matches started. As a result of the first day of the competition, the Turkmen team leads with 37 medals, including 16 gold, 14 silver and 7 bronze medals. The first "gold" in the treasury of the national team brought the competition in jiu-...

The official opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is well underway in the Turkmen capital. It is attended by President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, heads of state and government of some countries, foreign leading figures and other honorary guests.  In the afternoon, the head of state arrived at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Among those who gathered to mark the event were Cabinet Deputies Chairman, Ashgabat city khyakim, senior officials of military and law enf...