Turkmen team and volunteers to participate at the Winter Sports Games
December 06, 2018 | 12:58 |1774
In February, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation, will host 1st Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games, where young athletes from Turkmenistan will also be participating. Once again, our country breaks the existing stereotypes about country sending representatives of winter sports to participate in such large youth sports forum, showing the whole world that ice hockey and figure skating can be developed in a hot Asian state. Last 20 years, Children of Asia International Sports Games have been held only in summer sports. The first Games were held in Yakutia in 1996. Since then, they have been held every four years. In 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) supported this idea hold Winter Children of Asia Games in Sakhalin due to the benefits available on the island, including climate conditionsViktor KARDASHOV
At summer games, more than ten thousand athletes from more than forty countries took part. For many young athletes, these starts were the beginning of serious sporting success.
The 1st Winter Children of Asia International Games will be held on February 8-17. It will include competitions in 8 sports: biathlon, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, figure skating, snowboarding, hockey and short track.
As of today, the applications for participation in the Games were submitted by 17 countries, and the organizers expect it to reach 20.
Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Philippines, Japan, as well as Russian regions – Moscow, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Yakutia, a number of entities of the Far Eastern, Siberian and Ural Federal Districts are forming their teams.
Competitions will be held at 6 sport venues: the Mountain Air Sports and Tourist Center, ski-biathlon complexes, the Kristall Palace of Sports, the Arena City Ice Complex, the Parkovaya Mount, and the ski jumping complex, which are ready to host the competition already.
The International Olympic Committee, the Asian Olympic Council, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Russian Olympic Committee support the games.
The 1st Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games will gather not only athletes, but also volunteers from all over Russia and the world, including Turkmenistan. According to Vladimir Maximov, Director General of the International Committee of the Children of Asia Games, Turkmenistan has officially submitted its application to involve the volunteers in competitions. About two hundred foreign volunteers, including Turkmen, are expected.
About 1,500 athletes will participate in the games in Sakhalin. And we hope that for the young representatives of our country these competitions will become a kind of “springboard” in their sports career, bringing in the future medals of both youth and “adult” Olympiads.
