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Turkmen masters of sword and leather gloves achieved a success

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In Fencing Tournament in the capital of Kingdom of Bahrain – Manama, our compatriot won a victory in female group of participants, and in boxing competitions in Pavlodar (Kazakhstan), the Turkmen representatives won silver and bronze medals.

Nearly 100 sportsmen from 12 countries – Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan and others took part in “musketeer” duels. In composition of national team of Turkmenistan, student of the National Institute of Sports and Tourism Mengli Goyunliyeva has distinguished. She was beyond comparison in competitions with swords, where over 20 fencers competed for medals.

For attainment of final stage of the tournament, the athlete from Balkanabat (Balkan province) held 6 duels, having won a victory in 5 of them. Then, on the way to decisive fight, M. Goyunliyeva took out from further fight for medals two representatives of host team of the tournament and one from team of China. In the final, our compatriot confidently gained a victory over rival with score 15:9.


Pupil of the Honored Coach of Turkmenistan Vitaliy Kagramanov and Tatyana Yermolayeva has participated in this traditionally annual tournament. In the last year, she also reached the final, having become a silver prizewinner. Having analyzed the mistakes, the Turkmen athlete and her coaches continued intensive training process, and as a result, it was gained the present victory.

In these December days, in the administrative center of Mary province, it was started the Cup of Turkmenistan on fencing. The contests also hosted the strongest sportsmen from all over the country, including Mengli Goyunliyeva. As Fencing Federation of Turkmenistan has informed, the participants of the Cup compete not only for medals, but also for rating points. It will be these competitions, which will become the decisive factor in the course of formation of the national team, which in next year, has to take part in a series of large international tournaments, as well as in knockout competitions in the Chinese city – Wuxi (from April 13 to 19), where it will be also played the vouchers for Olympic Games – 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Here, it will be also held the Asian Fencing Championship.

…International Boxing Tournament gathered over 100 participants from eight countries. Among residents of Turkmenistan, it is particularly worth mentioning the student of National Institute of Sports and Tourism – Aziz Bebitov, who won silver medal in weight class up to 64 kg and Shohrat Durdiyev, who became broze prizewinner in weight up to 69 kg.

If, Shohrat had the first award in guest competitions then Aziz Bebitov participated more than once in the largest contests of international level, having gained good results but now, his best attainment is bronze medal of XVII Asian Games taken place in the last year in Republic of Korea. This success provided for athlete of Honored Coaches of the country Shohrat Kurbanov and Sabir Kseyhanov the place among top three sportsmen of Turkmenistan in 2014.

In 2015, the boxer from Turkmenabat won a right to participate in the World Championship held in autumn in the capital of Qatar – Doha, owing to the fact that he was among top eight sportsmen at the Asian Championship (Thailand). And now, he proved once again that he is one of the leaders of national team of Turkmenistan, having become the silver prizewinner of International Tournament in Pavlodar, having yielded only to the representative of hosts of the competitions.

On the threshold of Olympic Games in Brazil, the boxers have to overcome not easy fight for the right for main competitions in the world of sports. In spring, in the Chinese city Tsinan, it will be held knockout competitions of the countries of Asia and Oceania, where it is necessary to be in the top three for gaining the honorable title “Olympic competitor”. In June, in the capital of Azerbaijan – Baku, it will be held the worldwide qualified tournament. In order to get a right to participate in the Olympic Games, it is necessary to be in the top five of the strongest boxers.