It was held the meeting in the capital city of Olympic Village on the occasion of departure of the Turkmen sportsmen to Olympics, to be held from 5 to 21 August in Rio de Janeiro (the Federative Republic of Brazil).
The departure ceremony for our athletes as a main event of the world sport took part the representatives of the State Committee of Sports, the National Olympic Committee, and the Organizing Committee of V Asian Indoor Games in Martial Arts, and other sports units, coaches, and the top sportsmen.
The participants listened with great attention to the statement of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressing to the Turkmen athlete-participants of XXXI Olympic Games. The Turkmen leader expressed confidence that our athletes would perform at the highest level and won a prize. Thus, they will praise the Turkmen sport.
The current Olympic Games for all sports fan of our country are special. The victories of our compatriots at the last major international competitions at International level give opportunity to their successful performance in Rio de Janeiro. Several athletes who have achieved excellent results, including world-class judo sportsman – Gulbadam Babamuratova awarded twice (in 2014 year and in 2015 year) the title of the best athletes of the year in Turkmenistan.
On the way to the cherished Olympic game, the sportsmen Chemengul Geldybayev and Gapur Babakuliyev distinguished in four Grand Prix competitions, bringing in the treasury of sporting achievements of our country two gold, silver and bronze medals. She won the third medal at the Spring Championship of Asia and was fifth in the 2015 World Championship. These achievements, defined for G. Babamuratova a place in the top ten judo wrestlers in the world and the Olympic rankings.
In her speech at today's meeting, Gulbadam expressed profound gratitude to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov for providing the conditions to be engaged in sports, which were the main guarantee of high achievements. She assured that the Olympic Games in Brazil would do everything possible to make glad all fans of our country with beautiful fights on the sport mat. She is expecting to fight for medals in the weight category up to 52 kilograms.
Not less hope for a successful performance in the composition of the Turkmen Olympic team is impose to Arslanbek Achilov at the World Boxing Championship, held in June in the capital of Azerbaijan-Baku, reaching the finish stage. On the way to the decisive fighting, our compatriot won five convincing victories over sportsmen from Tajikistan, Taipei, Switzerland, Italy and India. The trainee of the honored coach of Turkmenistan Shohrat Kurbanov, according to sports observers, had every opportunity to become a world champion, but hurtful injury did not allow him to perform in the final match.
It is worth noting that our mentor-Olympian boxer Sh. Kurbanov performed in 2008 in the main competitions of the world, held in Beijing (2008). In 2012 in London and now in 2016 in Rio he has participated as a coach.
The champion of the World University Games 2013 in Kazan in the weightlifting competitions – Hodjamuhammed Toychiyev - made his way to the Olympics because of the silver awards won in the double-event at the Spring Championship of Asia, held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). The Turkmenistan athlete was distinguished in the category of over 105 kg in the snatch where he coped with the weight of 190 kg and in jerk - recorded over the head, the weight of 237 kg. This result secured the H.Toychiyev a new national record.
Also a part of our Olympic team - Gulnabat Kadyrova (weightlifting), Rushan Nurdjovov (judo), Amanmyrat Hommadov and Yelena Ryabova (athletics), Merdan Atayev and Dariya Semenova (swimming).
The departure ceremony for our athletes as a main event of the world sport took part the representatives of the State Committee of Sports, the National Olympic Committee, and the Organizing Committee of V Asian Indoor Games in Martial Arts, and other sports units, coaches, and the top sportsmen.
The participants listened with great attention to the statement of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressing to the Turkmen athlete-participants of XXXI Olympic Games. The Turkmen leader expressed confidence that our athletes would perform at the highest level and won a prize. Thus, they will praise the Turkmen sport.
The current Olympic Games for all sports fan of our country are special. The victories of our compatriots at the last major international competitions at International level give opportunity to their successful performance in Rio de Janeiro. Several athletes who have achieved excellent results, including world-class judo sportsman – Gulbadam Babamuratova awarded twice (in 2014 year and in 2015 year) the title of the best athletes of the year in Turkmenistan.
On the way to the cherished Olympic game, the sportsmen Chemengul Geldybayev and Gapur Babakuliyev distinguished in four Grand Prix competitions, bringing in the treasury of sporting achievements of our country two gold, silver and bronze medals. She won the third medal at the Spring Championship of Asia and was fifth in the 2015 World Championship. These achievements, defined for G. Babamuratova a place in the top ten judo wrestlers in the world and the Olympic rankings.
In her speech at today's meeting, Gulbadam expressed profound gratitude to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov for providing the conditions to be engaged in sports, which were the main guarantee of high achievements. She assured that the Olympic Games in Brazil would do everything possible to make glad all fans of our country with beautiful fights on the sport mat. She is expecting to fight for medals in the weight category up to 52 kilograms.
Not less hope for a successful performance in the composition of the Turkmen Olympic team is impose to Arslanbek Achilov at the World Boxing Championship, held in June in the capital of Azerbaijan-Baku, reaching the finish stage. On the way to the decisive fighting, our compatriot won five convincing victories over sportsmen from Tajikistan, Taipei, Switzerland, Italy and India. The trainee of the honored coach of Turkmenistan Shohrat Kurbanov, according to sports observers, had every opportunity to become a world champion, but hurtful injury did not allow him to perform in the final match.
It is worth noting that our mentor-Olympian boxer Sh. Kurbanov performed in 2008 in the main competitions of the world, held in Beijing (2008). In 2012 in London and now in 2016 in Rio he has participated as a coach.
The champion of the World University Games 2013 in Kazan in the weightlifting competitions – Hodjamuhammed Toychiyev - made his way to the Olympics because of the silver awards won in the double-event at the Spring Championship of Asia, held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). The Turkmenistan athlete was distinguished in the category of over 105 kg in the snatch where he coped with the weight of 190 kg and in jerk - recorded over the head, the weight of 237 kg. This result secured the H.Toychiyev a new national record.
Also a part of our Olympic team - Gulnabat Kadyrova (weightlifting), Rushan Nurdjovov (judo), Amanmyrat Hommadov and Yelena Ryabova (athletics), Merdan Atayev and Dariya Semenova (swimming).
