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).
Eight medals — one silver and seven bronze — were won by Turkmen athletes at the Asian Kurash Wrestling Championship, which was held in Hangzhou (China). ORIENT was informed about this by the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of Turkmenistan.
