The 100-Day Countdown for the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was celebrated in grand style at the multi-functional stadium in the Turkmen city of Mary.
Read more →The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Executive Committee is proud to announce that Coca-Coca Turkmenistan and LGI are the first international official supporters of Ashgabat 2017.
Read more →Arslanbek Achilov secured Turkmenistan’s second gold medal at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games on the final day of the Boxing tournament on Thursday. The 23-year-old Olympian beat home favourite Rauf Rahimov (AZE) in the -81kg category final at Baku’s Crystal Hall to lead the Turkmen medal chase for the day.
Read more →Volunteers are the difference between a good and a great Games and this was very evident at our recent Inspiring Ashgabat events in April. More than 1200 students volunteered across eight days of competition and were committed to their volunteering tasks as showing high performance was their main goal.
Read more →The Ashgabat 2017 Mascot is called Wepaly – meaning loyal friend in Turkmen. He is an alabai, a traditional Turkmen dog which is renowned as a beautiful and courageous animal, that for many centuries has helped Turkmen shepherds to safeguard flocks of cattle in heavy conditions of sandy desert. Today the Alabai is treasured by the Turkmen people not only as courageous protector but also as a loyal friend.
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