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Olympic town: the new sports brand of Ashgabat

16.09.2017 | 11:02 |
 Olympic town: the new sports brand of Ashgabat

The Olympic town of the Turkmen capital extends a warm welcome to the participants and guests of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Supermodern sports facilities are arranged around the Olympic Stadium, the stands of which accommodate up to 45 thousand spectators.

In total, the infrastructure of the town includes about 40 objects. Their architecture, functionality and level of technological equipment make this complex unique.

The most capacious sports facility, after the Olympic Stadium, is a Complex of Sports Games for 12 thousand spectators.

All conditions for holding international competitions for team games with ball, rhythmic gymnastics, badminton, fencing, small tennis and trampolining competitions are created in this universal hall.

Five thousand spectators can at once attend sporting events at Water Sports Complex to see the competitions in swimming in short and long water, diving, water polo or synchronized swimming.

In total, 18 well-known companies participated in equipping the Water Sports Complex; they used the latest materials and technologies to create the facility.

All this became the basis for entering the object in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest indoor swimming pool in the modern concept.

Next to the building of the Water Sports Complex are two outdoor swimming pools. It is also possible to hold swimming competitions here. There are bleachers for 1080 seats around these pools.

The Olympic Stadium is the center of the Olympic town and, perhaps, its most attractive object. A large-scale construction with a height of about 50 meters and an area of​145 thousand square meters, combining in the original architechtural elements of Modernism and Constructivism, design solutions and national decor, emphasizes the dynamics of the forms of a multifunctional sports cluster.

The monumental image of Akhal-Teke horse, rising above the dome of the Olympic stadium, makes it unique. Thanks to this giant sculpture the stadium got into the Guinness Book of Records.

One of the most representative buildings is the Track and Field Complex. Huge gyms, equipped with a sports field inventory, lounges, fitness rooms, halls and corridors, spectator stands.

Fine furnish with modern materials, well-chosen furniture and floor coverings, light and information design of corridors and transitions, a variety of colors in the decoration of cafeterias, conference rooms, administrative rooms and, finally, the gyms is admired everywhere.

In addition to the athletics arena, there is a bowling hall, rooms for chess competitions and chess classes.

Indoor Tennis Court is an impressive building (98.4 x 194.3 meters), with a height of more than 30 meters, and includes two arenas.

The main arena is equipped with spectator stands for 4 thousand seats and one platform, and the second - with four courts for training.

Another outstanding object is the indoor Cycle Track, where the most advanced technologies are applied. Bicyclists can accelerate to a speed of 70-80 km / h on its tracks.

On such a track, you can hold world-class competitions and set speed records.

A playground inside the track is suitable for competitions in mini-football, handball, track and field, tennis, etc.

The Complex of Martial Arts is a multifunctional arena where it is possible to hold competitions in such sports as wrestling, boxing, sambo, taekwondo, judo, goresh, etc.

Five thousand spectators will be able to watch the competitions in the Complex of Martial Arts.

Small training halls can be used not only for training, but also competitions in various types of martial arts.

There are three halls and other specialized premises on an area of about 19 thousand square meters. All are equipped with first-class equipment from leading manufacturers of sports equipment.

For weightlifters, there are 16 platforms with barbells.

In each room there are ordinary stands for 184 seats and extendable stands for 668 seats. In total, it can accommodate more than 2.5 thousand spectators.

A large training complex, adjacent to the complex of sports games, can also be used for the preparatory process, as well as for competitions in different types of martial arts.

There are halls for artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatics, and grounds for jumping with trampoline, table tennis, handball, volleyball.

This complex can take up to 3 thousand spectators during the competition.

For athletes, football players and sportsmen of other kinds, a universal "core" has been built on the territory of the Olympic town with tribunes for a thousand seats, as well as open areas - eight tennis courts, basketball, volleyball, and handball grounds with spectator stands.

The building of the business center consists of 3 blocks: one is 17-story building; another is a 7-storey building and a bridge-gallery connecting them.

This is the administrative and organizational center of sports and business life of the Olympic town.

The departments of the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Sport, offices of sports federations, societies and organizations are located here.

There is the Cultural Center on the territory of the Olympic town.

There is everything to attract the attention of young people, to create a special atmosphere for communication of representatives of different countries, to choose the leisure-time activities.

There is a small cinema, music studio, billiard, slot machines, shops, a restaurant and a cafe.

The Medical and Rehabilitation Center of the Olympic town is not inferior in terms of equipment to high-tech clinics. On an area of more than 7,000 meters dozens of offices and departments, completed with the latest diagnostic and other medical equipment, laboratories, and medical treatment rooms are located.

Thanks to the existing high-precision devices with software and analytical support, the sports doctor can develop an individual training program, as a result of which the athlete acquires an excellent form.

Competitors and members of delegations are accommodated with special comfort in hotels "Olympic", "Sports" and a residential complex for athletes, built on the territory of the Olympic town. The campus can accommodate more than 12 thousand athletes. This is a real residential estate of 12-storey houses.

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