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Turkmenistan will take part in the biggest games of the planet

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23 people including 10 athletes who will perform in five sports - boxing, weightlifting, swimming, athletics and judo are included to the Composition of the Turkmen Olympic delegation in July 27 - August 12 this year and will represent the country at the grand sports event every four years,.

It won the right to: Serdar Hudayberdiyev boxers (weight category to 64 kg), Nursahat Pazzyev (75 kg), weight-lifters Umurbek Bazarbaev (62 kg), Tolkunbek Khudaibergenov (up to 69 kg), Mansour Rejepov (85 kg), Judo Gulnar Hayytbaeva (63 kg), Sergei Krovyakov swimmers (100m freestyle) and Jennet Sariyeva (400-meter freestyle), athletes Mergen Mamedov (hammer throw) and Maysa Rejepov (running at 100 meters)

The most experienced in team is a 30-year-old international master of sports U.Bazarbaev for which the upcoming Olympic Games in London will be the fourth in a career. Eight years ago at the Athens Olympics with a score of 287.5 he took the high kg 7th place among 20 participants and at last year's world championships in Paris and entered the top five with the amount of 303 kg. In addition, his track record - Gold Medal World Cup in 2004 among students in the city of Frederick (Maryland, USA), a silver medal at the first Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 in Medina (Saudi Arabia) and two bronze - at the Asian championships in 2004 and 2008 in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Kanasava (Japan).

For the second time after the Beijing Games T.Hudaybergenov will be released on the Olympic podium who was mentioned in list of eight the strongest in the 2008 Olympics. For the rest of the Turkmen sportsmen Olympic Games in London will be the first in their athletic career.