Three Turkmen sportsmen qualified for the World Boxing Championships, which will provide the qualification quotas to the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. Last weekend, the Ashgabat Cup international tournament finished and the International Junior Tennis Tournament ITF U18 (Grade 4) started on the courts of the Ashgabat multifunctional stadium.
Over 300 athletes from 30 countries competed for the qualification quotas to the World Boxing Championships in the Asian Boxing Championships, which took place in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The boxers, who qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament, will perform in the World Boxing Championships.
Master of Sports Zarip Jumaev (under 52 kg weight category), Master of Sports Jakub Meredov (under 56 kg weight category) and a bronze medallist at the 2014 Asian Games in Korean Incheon, International Master of Sports Aziz Bebitov (under 64 kg weight category) will compete for the qualification quotas to the Olympic Games, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next year. The athletes, coached by Honoured Coaches of Turkmenistan Shohrat Kurbanov and Sabir Kseihanov, ranked among the top five Asian athletes in their weight categories.
The World Boxing Championships will take place in the capital of Qatar, Doha from October 2 to 16. The competitions for the qualification quotas to the biggest sporting event on the planet promise to be very rigorous and tough, as only three best athletes in each weight category will gain the status of a participant in the Olympics Games.
...The decisive matches in the 5th Ashgabat Cup international tennis tournament, which brought together over 80 tennis players from Russia, Turkey, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, were held on September 19. Azizhon Turgunov from Uzbekistan and Sergei Pogosian from Russia played in the final of the men’s singles. The young tennis player from Uzbekistan won the important victory (6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2).
A. Turgunov won a silver medal in the men’s doubles. Together with his teammate Amal Sultanbekov, he conceded two sets in the semi-finals to the Kazakh-Uzbek duet Pavel Petrov and Sharobiddin Abzalov (6: 2, 6: 4).
The tennis players from Russia Maria Manilova and Darya Solovieva played in the finals of the women’s singles. Maria easily won two games (6: 2, 6: 4). D. Solovieva took revenge in the finals of the women’s doubles. Together with the tennis player from Uzbekistan Sabina Smirnova, she won a gold medal in the final with the tennis players from Russia M. Manilova and A. Yurchenko - 3: 6, 6: 4 (10: 8).
The international tennis tournament started on the courts of the Ashgabat sports complex. It brought together about 100 young sportsmen from different countries of the world. 32 tennis players, who have won qualification matches in the boys’ and girls’ groups, held on September 19 and 20, will continue to compete for medals. Prize-winners and winners will become known on September 27.
Over 300 athletes from 30 countries competed for the qualification quotas to the World Boxing Championships in the Asian Boxing Championships, which took place in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The boxers, who qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament, will perform in the World Boxing Championships.
Master of Sports Zarip Jumaev (under 52 kg weight category), Master of Sports Jakub Meredov (under 56 kg weight category) and a bronze medallist at the 2014 Asian Games in Korean Incheon, International Master of Sports Aziz Bebitov (under 64 kg weight category) will compete for the qualification quotas to the Olympic Games, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next year. The athletes, coached by Honoured Coaches of Turkmenistan Shohrat Kurbanov and Sabir Kseihanov, ranked among the top five Asian athletes in their weight categories.
The World Boxing Championships will take place in the capital of Qatar, Doha from October 2 to 16. The competitions for the qualification quotas to the biggest sporting event on the planet promise to be very rigorous and tough, as only three best athletes in each weight category will gain the status of a participant in the Olympics Games.
...The decisive matches in the 5th Ashgabat Cup international tennis tournament, which brought together over 80 tennis players from Russia, Turkey, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, were held on September 19. Azizhon Turgunov from Uzbekistan and Sergei Pogosian from Russia played in the final of the men’s singles. The young tennis player from Uzbekistan won the important victory (6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2).
A. Turgunov won a silver medal in the men’s doubles. Together with his teammate Amal Sultanbekov, he conceded two sets in the semi-finals to the Kazakh-Uzbek duet Pavel Petrov and Sharobiddin Abzalov (6: 2, 6: 4).
The tennis players from Russia Maria Manilova and Darya Solovieva played in the finals of the women’s singles. Maria easily won two games (6: 2, 6: 4). D. Solovieva took revenge in the finals of the women’s doubles. Together with the tennis player from Uzbekistan Sabina Smirnova, she won a gold medal in the final with the tennis players from Russia M. Manilova and A. Yurchenko - 3: 6, 6: 4 (10: 8).
The international tennis tournament started on the courts of the Ashgabat sports complex. It brought together about 100 young sportsmen from different countries of the world. 32 tennis players, who have won qualification matches in the boys’ and girls’ groups, held on September 19 and 20, will continue to compete for medals. Prize-winners and winners will become known on September 27.
