After an almost 12-year absence, the giant Olympic rings returned to the Panathinaikos Stadium in Athens, where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held. They were re-installed at the far end from the main entrance of the sports complex.
The Representative Office of the European Union in Turkmenistan organized a sports festival on breaking, bouldering (a type of rock climbing) and table tennis in Balkanabad.
Ruslan Mingazov is an experienced Turkmen football player, a midfielder of Hong Kong "Kitchi". By the age of thirty, he has experience playing for European and Asian championships and is called up to the national team on a permanent basis.
The Asian Weightlifting Federation has entered into a partnership agreement
with the Chinese equipment manufacturer ZKC. The largest commercial deal in
the federation's history includes $500,000 in sponsorship to support athletes
through a plan to work together to change the culture of weightlifting in Asia.
Turkmen weightlifter Medine Atayeva won a silver medal on the third day of the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Championship 2023 in Jinju (Republic of Korea).
