Currently Turkmenistan
is one of the most dynamically developing nations in the world.
The high speed of
development can be observed through a variety of economic sectors. Moreover,
regionally, Turkmenistan is acquiring the status of a sports state, where the
health and lifestyle has become a priority of the state politics. Due to state
programs and policy, the development of high performance sport has become a guide
for each sports clubs even in the most remote cities of the country.
Our country is Neutral
and this year the Neutrality of the country is celebrating its 20th
anniversary. This jubilee is significant for us, because our state offers all
the necessary conditions for life and development, first and foremost, for life
in peace and harmony.
In Neutral Turkmenistan the care of citizens’ health,
development of mass sports and recreation movement are the prior directions of
the state politics, which aims to consolidate nation’s health and bring up a
physically strong and spiritually wealthy new generation.
In view of this fact,
it is of great importance to create all the necessary conditions for holding
big sports events, among which Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games play a
significant role. The Games contribute not only to increasing of international
sports prestige of Turkmenistan, but also to further training of highly
qualified sportsmen and popularization of different kinds of sport in our
country.
The bilateral agreement
about hosting the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games in Ashgabat in 2017
was signed between Olympic Committee of Asia and National Olympic Committee of
Turkmenistan and also the city administration of Ashgabat on the 19th of December
2010. The news, that Turkmenistan was the first city in Central Asian region to
get the right to host 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games , became a
significant event in the life of Turkmenistan.
The 5th Asian Indoor
and Martial Art Games will be held in the white-marbled city of Ashgabat, “the
pearl of Asia”, in 2017. For the first time a great number of countries (guests
from 62 countries, including 45 countries of Asia, 17 Pacific countries) will
be received. For comparison 42 countries for 9 kinds of sport took part in the
games in Incheon in 2013. We also expect 5 thousand athletes from 21 kinds of
sport, 2,5 thousand coaches, more than 10 thousand foreign guests, more than
1,5 thousand technical staff members and over 10 thousand volunteers. Approximately
150-200 thousand sport fans are supposed to arrive in Ashgabat in September
2017. Opening and closing Ceremonies of the Games will be held at the open air
stadium with the capacity of 45000 spectators. For the sake of transportation
convenience on the vast territory, a monorail way will connect Olympic Village
for 12 thousand “residents” with other venues of Olympic Park.
The sports venues,
which have no analogues in Central Asia, are being built in our Olympic Park
with the square of 156 hectares. Our Olympic Park is one of the unique objects
in Central Asia; it includes over 30 multi-purpose venues, Paralympic Complex
and Medical Rehabilitation Center. Having the variety of top-level sports
venues at disposal, which will be soon put into operation, it is the exigencies
of modern time to organize major international sports events. (strange
sentence, Russian version is also strange) The venues will be provided with
high quality sports equipment manufactured by leading world companies, also the
peculiarities of venue decorations will be taken into account. Moreover all
sportsmen and participants will be offered all
the necessary
conditions. Major competitions change image of cities, force their development,
thus Ashgabat truly has a bright future.
Executive Committee of
the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games is implementing complex and massive
projects on Games preparation, temporal character of which demands high-level
organizational activities and effective cooperation with various institutions,
organizations and companies. It is especially important to share know-how with
leading countries, which have great experience in keeping major international
sports events. Such closest partners of Turkmenistan are Olympic Council of
Asia, National Olympic Committees of different countries, Sports Federations.
On the 3 – 5 April 2014
the International Exhibition “Ashgabat – the capital of Asiada 2017” was held
in the Exhibition Palace of Ashgabat City. Over 60 world sports companies
participated there. At the beginning of the exhibition sports equipment, sports
requisites and sports clothing were presented. Companies from Russia, Great
Britain, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Austria, Spain and many others
presented their achievements and services. Among them there are also companies,
which take first steps to establish mutually beneficial connections with our
country.
On the 8-10 April 2014
the opening ceremony of Masterclass “Asiada Cuisine 2017” took place in the
National tourist zone “Awaza”. Experienced cookery experts from over 20
countries – Great Britain, Germany, China, Korea, Malaysia, India, Nepal,
Japan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia,
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, the Ukraine and others – arrived to Turkmenistan to participate
in this event. The forum participants were introduced to the peculiarities of
the national traditional cuisine of Turkmenistan. As it was pointed,
agriculture and animal farming have developed since ancient times and the
products of these sectors contributed to the development of the local cuisine.
Currently, Turkmen culinary art has a great potential for further development.
Foreign delegation representatives pointed the significance of this event. It
allows not only to represent culinary peculiarities of Asian and other
countries, but also important for strengthening of relations between different
countries.
In a period of time
between the 30th April and 3rd of May the 54th International Conference of the
Sports Group of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union took place in Ashgabat.
During this conference the foreign delegates were informed about the process of
preparation for Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games and discussed issues
relating broadcasting of sports competitions in different parts of the world
during AIMAG 2017.
On the 27th of May 2014
the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with
AIMAG 2017 Organizing Committee. With the purpose of thorough preparation for
the Games, the President appointed the staff of the Organizing Committee and
gave a permission to sign an agreement with the British company “CSM Sport
& Entertainment LLP trading as CSM Strategies” on the AIMAG general plan
development.
Belt Wrestling World
Championship took place in Ashgabat at the end of November 2014. About 250
sportsmen from 25 countries – the Russian Federation, Korea, India, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Pakistan, Mongolia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Israel, the Ukraine, Moldavia, Estonia, Bulgaria,
Greece, Serbia, Denmark, etc. – participated in it. In our country belt
wrestling is considered to be not only a kind of sport, but also a tradition, a
historical and cultural heritage.
Today, belt wrestling is one of the most
dynamically developing kinds of sport, it is recognized in 70 countries and
every year it becomes more and more popular in the
international sports stage. “Goresh” Wrestling World Championship will be held
in Turkmenistan for the first time. The aim is to popularize and develop the
belt wrestling in Turkmenistan and the world, to strengthen and expand
international sports relationship, to share experience with different nations,
to preserve ancient traditions, healthy lifestyle, ideas of friendship and
peace.
The next important
event was the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of participating of 17 Pacific
Countries in the Games between the Organizing Committee of the fifth Asian
Indoor and Martial Art Games , Olympic Council of Asia and National Olympic
Committees of the Pacific Countries on the 28th of November 2014. 19 kinds of
sport are included into the Games 2017. In his speech at the signing ceremony,
the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov offered to include two
more kinds of sport – hurdle racing and Turkmen national “goresh” wrestling.
1. Chess
2. Futsal
3. Tennis
4. Muay Thai
5. Sambo
6. Kurash
7. Jiu-Jitsu
8. Bowling
9. Cycling (Track)
10. Swimming (50)
11. Light Athletics
12. Weightlifting
(powerlifting)
13. Basketball
14. Tacwondo (WTF)
15. Sport Dance
16. Kick-Boxing
17. Belt Wrestling
18. Greco-Roman
Wrestling
19. Snooker (Billiards)
20. Hurdle Racing
21. NationalGoresh”
Wrestling
During the
above-mentioned event also Sports Media Forum took place, where the
representatives of international mass media organizations, accredited in
Turkmenistan, participated.
Our country is an
object of regard of many international public members. In April 2015 the
International conference “Asiada 2017 and the Role of Turkmenistan in
Development of Sport for Progress and Peace” was held in Ashgabat. Within this
conference international and Turkmen Sports specialists, media experts, the
representatives of field-specific departments, sport clubs and some
international press agencies participated in the international Sports Media
Forum. Among the guests there were delegates of both Asian and European
countries – the United Arab Emirates, China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia,
Philippines, Qatar, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Great
Britain, Austria, France, etc. Ashgabat – 2017 will become an excellent
opportunity to show the world the progress of our country, achieved under the
leadership of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, both in sports and economy, cultural
and humanitarian area and other sectors of political and social life. Strict
requirements will be specified to the organization of sports competitions and
providing conditions for effective work of mass media.
Currently the main goal
of Turkmenistan is to host innovative Asian Games. These Games are of great
importance for Turkmenistan, which will contribute to increasing of
international prestige of Turkmenistan; it is an important step to the
integration into the international sports movement. The Games will be helpful
for
establishing of the atmosphere
of trust and sympathy in the region and the world, and also will stimulate the
national economy, cultural life and tourism industry.
Another important event
of this year is the 43th meeting of Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly,
which took place on September 15 and 16. The delegates of National Olympic
Committees of Asian and Pacific Region Countries, heads of IOC and OCA took
part in the meeting, which was held in the Olympic Park. Also within this forum
the Executive and Finance Committee of OCA held meetings. Also at the beginning
of the meeting two beautiful hotels in the Olympic Park celebrated its grand
opening. The head of the country expressed his confidence, that this important
event, which took place in Turkmenistan for the first time, plays a significant
role in sports development in the whole Asian region, offers a wonderful
opportunity to get acquainted with our country and our progress in sports.
Much work for
preparation for the most major event in sports life of Turkmenistan has been
done by the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games Organizing Committee –
agreements with leading international companies were signed, famous coaches
were invited for training our sportsmen and so on.
In March 2015 the 5th
Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games Executive Committee together with the Union
of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists of Turkmenistan and the Central Council of
Makhtumkuli Youth Organization announced a competition for creating a motto of
Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games 2017. This motto should become a reflection
of inner feelings of Turkmen people, their peacefulness, their devotion to
sport and love to their independent neutral fatherland. The motto of the Games
has been chosen. Here it is in three languages: “Sagdynlyk. Ruhubelentlik.
Dostluk.” (tm) - “Health.Inspiration. Friendship.” (eng) - “Здоровье. Воодушевление. Дружба.”(rus).
In September 2015 the
5th Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games Executive Committee announced a bid for
international countries for operational planning in all activity directions,
mentioned in Asiada – 2017 Master Plan. At the present time a tender winner is
being defined.
The 5th Asian Indoor
and Martial Art Games Executive Committee was established in December 2013.
Considering difficult tasks, which the Committee has to fulfill, new
departments were initiated in September 2015.
For the purpose of the
coverage of the Games events, an international bid to create an informational
website was announced. “Asman oky” company won the bid. This company is working
now on a website platform and its data protection. It is planned to complete
the work on the main platform of the website and open the first phase of the
official website of the Games by the end of this year.
We are planning to
start test competitions at the beginning of 2016. These test events will give
an opportunity to estimate the readiness of sports infrastructure and its
reliability for the upcoming Games.
Volunteers are one of
the most important parts of AIMAG 2017 team. They are pledge of successful
Games. The main part of volunteers will consist of young students, who will
take part in various activities, ranging from meeting delegates at the airport
to helping in organizing Opening and Closing ceremonies. Currently, volunteers
are being linguistically prepared
and also provided training in various directions. Without doubt they will
contribute to the successful Games.
Turkmenistan is
acquiring the status of a sports state, where the health and lifestyle has
become a priority of the state politics. Due to state programs and policy, the
development of high performance sport has become a guide for each sports clubs
even in the most remote cities of the country.
Thanks to the politics
of our honored President, Turkmenistan has been transformed economically and
socially. Though our country has been commercialized, people stay socially
secured. And in future the major aim of Turkmenistan is to host innovative
Asian Games.
These Games are of
great importance for Turkmenistan, which will contribute to increasing of
international prestige of Turkmenistan; it is an important step to the
integration into the international sports movement. The Games will be helpful
for establishing of the atmosphere of trust and sympathy in the region and the
world, and also will stimulate the national economy, cultural life and tourism
industry.
It is commonly known
that the best example is the personal example. Our Head of the state is a follower
of healthy life style and he always finds time for physical training. The
President points out that regular trainings strengthen a person not only
physically, but also bring up self-control, diligence and determination.
The 5th Asian Indoor
and Martial Art Games, which take place in Turkmenistan for the first time and
become the first massive world sports event, will bring unique knowledge,
skills and experience, development of patriotic feeling, engaging young
generations in sports, volunteer movement progress and so on.
I am glad, that I am a
part of AIMAG 2017 team and we believe that the Games will be held at a high
organizational level.
Shirin Nazarova,
Specialist of Executive
committee
on preparation of V
Asian Games (AIMAG 2017).
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