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About the olympic city

The unique facility, which has no analogues in the Central Asian region, has became the venue for the Asian Indoor games, it includes more than 30 facilities for various purposes including the Olympic stadium, the paralympic complex and the rehabilitation medical center. The initiator of the construction is the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the games, all competitions, as well as the awards ceremony

Sport complexes

Facility Ashgabat «Olympic» Stadium Bike track sport complex Martial Arts sports complex Athletics complex Big training halls Tennis complex Olympic water complex Multidisciplinary outdoor sports grounds Small training halls Complex of sport games

Capacity 45000 6000 5000 5000 3000 4000 5000 2500 2152 15000

HOTELS

«Olympiya» hotel capacity 450

Presidential suite - 1; standart single rooms - 136; Standard double rooms - 36; suites - 45; apartaments- 5; disable rooms - 2; 5 conference hall - 114; 2 restaurants - 256; bar -58; lounge bar - 71; bakery - 45; SPA complex

Hotel “Sport” capacity 800

Presidential suites - 2; standart single rooms - 228; Standard double rooms - 108; suites- 48; apartaments - 64; disable rooms - 8; conference hall - 700; 4 restaurants - 1030; 2 cafes - 178; SPA complex

Infrastructure

Monorail length - 5 138 метров

Heigth 6 meters to 13 ; 8 stations; capacity of one train is 70 person; speed 46km/h (maximum speed is 70 km/h);

Medical and recreation center

MR-angiography; ultrasonic investigation; ECG; reflexelogy; vacuum therapy; galvanotherapy; physoitherapy; electrotherapy; dopplerography. labaratory; gymnastic hall; 8 chambers; 1 massage room; 1 pool ; 1 cafe.

COMPLEX OF SPORT GAMES

In the Olympic town, which has turned into a pearl of the white marble Ashgabat city, there are all opportunities for holding international-level competitions in the complex of game sports, the town serves our people in such sports as volleyball, handball, rhythmic gymnastics, badminton, fencing, table tennis and trampoline. In addition, the facility has one hammam and one sauna, one massage room, a dining room for 48 seats, 8 cafes for 458 seats, 4 buffets, comfortable conditions have been created for guests and citizens attending competitions.

BIG TRAINING HALLS

The facility serves citizens with special equipment for such sports as rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, badminton and trampoline, basketball, fencing, table tennis, handball and volleyball. The facility has a cafe, sauna, sauna and massage rooms, showers and other facilities for people with disabilities and other important services.

MARTIAL ARTS SPORTS COMPLEX

The Martial Arts Sports Complex of the Olympic Town is a huge sports complex. In this complex there is an opportunity to hold competitions in such sports as boxing, taekwondo, judo, sambo, wrestling, including Turkmen national wrestling, which, thanks to the tireless efforts of the President, was included in the Program of the Asian Games-2017, and there is also the possibility of holding weightlifting competitions of international and world level. In this sports facility, one hamam and a sauna are provided, taking into account the peculiarities of martial arts sports that are performed with active movements.

SMALL TRAINING HALLS

The facility is designed for boxing and weightlifting, wrestling, showers, and other social facilities are provided for athletes of sports federations of our country, as well as for citizens with disabilities.

BIKE TRACK SPORTS COMPLEX

The facility has all the modern conditions for holding international and continental competitions and cycling world championships. There are four hamams, four saunas, fifty shower cabins and two massage rooms in the facility for cycling, which requires active movement from athletes. In addition, the building has a restaurant, cafe, sauna, massage room and other necessary social services.

TENNIS COMPLEX

The tennis and sports complex of the Olympic Town consists of indoor and outdoor tennis courts. The facility has all modern facilities for holding international and continental tennis tournaments and world championships. In addition, this modern sports facility has all the amenities for other necessary services and auxiliary systems for cultural and social purposes. Currently, the tennis sports complex serves children and other citizens interested in playing table tennis.

OLYMPIC WATER COMPLEX

The Water Sports Center of the Ashgabat Olympic Town is recognized as the largest indoor swimming pool in the world, made of environmentally friendly materials and built on the basis of modern technologies in accordance with the high requirements of international standards and listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The water sports complex consists of 4 indoor and 2 outdoor pools. The facility has all the conditions for organizing and holding international and world aquatics competitions at a high level. The facility has a restaurant, a cafe, two hamams, two saunas, which are always at the service of coaches and athletes. The facility also has a sports therapy room, two sports and wellness halls and three first aid stations. The sports water complex of the Olympic town provides all modern conditions for organizing and holding not only sports competitions with the participation of ordinary athletes, but also Paralympic competitions with the participation of athletes with disabilities.

ATHLETICS COMPLEX

The facility has all the modern conditions for holding international and continental competitions and world championships in athletics, pole vault, long jump, three–step jump, high jump, as well as shot put and wisdom games - chess, as well as bowling. In addition, the facility is equipped with a wellness room, a hammam, a sauna, a massage room, a buffet, a cafeteria, an assembly hall, work rooms, a bowling hall for 500 seats, a chess training room, a conference room.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY OUTDOOR SPORTS GROUNDS

Along with indoor sports facilities, open sports grounds for various sports have been created in the Olympic Town. Among them, athletes have eight sports grounds for such sports as tennis, basketball, volleyball, football, mainly for training and games, and one main playground. In general, all modern conditions have been created for training and holding various kinds of outdoor competitions.

ASHGABAT OLYMPIC STADIUM

Olympic Stadium. One of the main buildings of the Olympic Town is a stadium with 45,000 seats. The artistic image of the Ahal-Teke horse adorning the podium of the Olympic Stadium has been recognized as the world's largest horse symbol and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The stadium area is the largest sports facility in the region. The Olympic Stadium has all modern facilities for organizing and holding international and world championships in football, in the types of athleticism. In addition, major sports festivals and cultural events of the state level are held at the stadium.

REHABILITATION CENTER

This center has all types of medical supervision. The wellness center is equipped with modern medical equipment, especially equipment for sports medicine. All athletes of Turkmenistan can undergo a medical examination, and there is also an opportunity to use medical services by residents of the city of Ashgabat. During international competitions, athletes have all the conditions for conducting doping tests.

HOTELS FOR ATHLETES

6 (six) have been built as hotels for athletes structures. In total, there are 1,628 rooms in hotels built for tourists, which can accommodate 3,274 people. The hotel complex also offers 4 cafes for 33 seats and 1 cafe for 82 seats, 6 multifunctional halls, conference halls for 47 seats, sports rehabilitation rooms, massage rooms, sauna services for athletes.

"SPORT" HOTEL

Among the beautiful buildings of the Olympic town is "Sport" Hotel. The hotel has 4 restaurants with 1030 seats and a cafe with 74 seats. Also in the building, athletes are offered a gym, a spa center (mineral water treatment) with a swimming pool, 3 massage rooms, 2 saunas, 2 steam rooms, 1 hammam.

“OLYMPIC” HOTEL

Among the built objects of the Olympic Town at the intersection of S.Turkmenbashi Avenue and "10 yyl Abadanchylyk" street in Ashgabat, the “Olympic” Hotel was built, intended for honorary guests. This hotel consists of 2 basement and 2 suspended floors and 10 ground floors. The hotel has 225 rooms with 450 beds, including 2-bed 1 Presidential Apartment and 2 rooms for people with disabilities. Also in the basement there are 2 hammam, steam room, sauna, shock shower. It consists of 4 massage rooms, 1 swimming pool, 1 Jacuzzi, 1 outdoor pool and gym, as well as a SPA on the ground floor, hydro massage, shock shower and massage rooms. Also on the 1st floor there is a VIP lounge with 32 seats, a restaurant with 180 seats, 2 shops and 1 hairdresser.

MONORAIL

Since the Ashgabat Olympic Town is the only complex of modern sports facilities in the region, a monorail has been built here, the only one not only in the capital, but also for the transport system of the whole country. This road is notable for the fact that it is built at a certain height, and monorail cars also travel freely without hindrance to the main vehicle. The length of the monorail is 5000 meters. It should be noted that monorail services for residents of our country, schoolchildren of the country and foreign guests in viewing high-rise buildings, structures, decoration, beauty of the Olympic town.

On the instructions of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, The National Leader of the Turkmen nation, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty, great work was done in our country on physical education and health movement, development of high-level athletes and preparation for major international competitions. The city of Ashgabat fully meets international standards, has no equal in the entire region and is a clear symbol of the State policy to provide the people with a happy and stable life. The Olympic Village, with its unique beauty and uncommon unity with other sports and physical education facilities, has become a special decoration of our marble city. In December 2017, Management of the Olympic town of Administration of the Ashgabat city was established.

News

Hockey Club “Galkan” Became Ten-Time Champion of Turkmenistan

The Galkan Hockey Club of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan has won the national championship title ahead of schedule, becoming the ten-time winner of the national tournament. This result is an absolute achievement – ten wins out of ten possible.

According to the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper, the secret of the Galkan team’s success is a combination of experience and the desire to win. The students of Ahmet Gurbanov, the captain of the national team, and Guvanch Jepbarov, a former player of the club, demonstrate a high level of training and determination. Most of the team’s players are also members of the national team.

This season, the main struggle was for second place. In the last round, the Oguzhan team won silver medals, beating Nesil with a score of 8:3. The bronze medals went to the Şir team.

At the award ceremony, the organizers of the championship recognized the best players, all of whom were from the Galkan team: Kerimli Charyev was recognized as the best goalkeeper, Dovlet Hydyrov as the best defender, and Novruz Bayhanov as the best forward.

It should be noted that from February 7 to 15, the IX Asian Winter Games will be held in the Chinese city of Harbin, where the Turkmenistan national hockey team will take part. The Turkmen team Is in Group C, where their opponents will be teams from Hong Kong, India, and Macau.

They will play their first match at the Harbin Ice Hockey Arena on February 4 against Indian athletes. The next day, the Turkmen hockey players will compete against representatives of Macau. The third match will take place on the 9th: the Turkmenistan national team will complete the group stage of the games with a match against the Hong Kong team.

If successful, Turkmenistan will advance to the playoff stage, where it will fight for a spot in the next round.

21.01.2025

Makhachev Defeats Moicano to Defend UFC Lightweight Title

Russian mixed martial artist (MMA) Islam Makhachev defeated Brazilian Renato Moicano and defended his UFC lightweight title.

The main event of the UFC 311 tournament in Los Angeles ended with Makhachev’s early victory via choke in the first round.

Moicano replaced Arman Tsarukyan, who was supposed to have a rematch with Makhachev, but withdrew from the fight due to back problems that arose during weight loss.

Makhachev now has 27 wins and one loss in MMA. The Russian is ranked first in the UFC regardless of weight categories (P4P), and he defended his lightweight title for a record-breaking fourth time. Moicano now has 20 wins, six losses, and one draw in MMA.

21.01.2025

Shagadam and Dordoi will meet in the playoffs of the qualifying round of the CAFA Silk Way Cup

Turkmen football club Shagadam and Kyrgyz Dordoi will play a match in the playoffs of the qualifying round of the new CAFA Silk Way Cup club tournament on February 23, 2025. This is reported by the TM News telegram channel. The venue of the meeting has not yet been determined.

The winner of this contest will have the opportunity to compete for participation in the main stage of the tournament, where one team from six countries has already secured a place.: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (presumably "Altyn Asyr"), Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran.

Notably, Shagadam, led by 74-year-old specialist Ali Gurbani, is actively preparing for the upcoming match. The club from the city of Turkmenbashi, which took the fourth place in the last season of the championship of Turkmenistan, has already strengthened the squad with new players.

According to the Turkmen press, the Shagadam squad was joined by goalkeeper Gurban Garayev (from Arkadag), Ashir Dzhumadurdiyev (from Nebitchi), Suleiman Mirzoev (from Kopetdag), Azizbek Bekjanov (from Akhal).

The first-ever CAFA Silk Way Cup tournament will be held at the end of April 2025 in a centralized format. Eight teams will participate in the group stage, divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs of the tournament.

20.01.2025

Turkmenistan Women’s Futsal Team Wins First Victory in Asian Cup Qualification

The Turkmenistan women’s futsal team defeated the Kuwait team with a score of 4:3 in the third round of the 2025 Asian Cup qualification. The match took place as part of the group stage in Tashkent, where all Group C games are held.

Pervana Kurbanova scored a double for the winners, while Maria Charyeva and Suray Mammetsahedova also scored a goal each.

For Kamil Mingazov’s team, this was the first victory in the qualifying tournament after two defeats – from Australia (1:6) and the Philippines (0:2).

The Turkmen team will play its next match against the hosts of the tournament – the Uzbekistan team.