Paralympic movement in Turkmenistan is gaining momentum
October 13, 2018 | 10:58 |495
At the Asian Paraigraf 2018, held in Jakarta, Turkmen powerlifter Sergey Meladze (up to 72 kg) won a bronze medal in the bench press from a prone position. The master of sports of international class managed to lift 185 kg. A little earlier, at the World Table Tennis and Athletics Championships for people with Down syndrome, held from 1 to 8 October in the Portuguese city of Funchal, the Turkmen Paralympic Babadjan Rozbayev won the gold medal. A 32-year-old athlete, a member of the National Center for Special Olympics of Turkmenistan (NCSOT) is the record holder of the World Summer Games Trisomy 2016 in Florence, the winner of the International Table Tennis and Athletics Tournament for Persons with Down Syndrome 2014 - and this time, Funchal, did not leave a chance to his rivals in the race at a distance of 800 and 1500 meters.Aina BERDYYEVA
The sports delegation of our country in Portugal also included the director of the National Center for Strategic Training of Turkmenistan Tofiq Iskanderov, mentor of Babadzhan Jorakuli Hojamberdiev, bronze medalist at the 2014 Summer Special Olympics in Antwerp tennis player Roman Omarov.
Being a public charitable organization, the National Center for Special Olympics of Turkmenistan is engaged in the rehabilitation of people with Down syndrome and people with intellectual disabilities through physical culture and sports, and holds various sporting events.
