Ashgabat once again becomes the venue for the next major sports tournament. According to the Resolution of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, from November 23 to 28, the 14th World Kurash Wrestling Championship will be held in the Olympic town of the white marble capital, which is intended to write another bright page in the history of Turkmen sports.

The organization of a championship on a planetary scale is new evidence of the transformation of Ashgabat into a recognized international sports center, broad support from the world community implemented under the leadership of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as well as the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Hero-Arkadag, for a targeted strategy for the development of physical culture and sports, which is one of the priority directions of state policy of Turkmenistan.

“Sport is strength, beauty and health. Love for sports is love for life. Sport is important both for your physical and spiritual health, and for the health of our society as a whole,” emphasized National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, speaking to the younger generation with a general lesson on the occasion of the Day of Knowledge and Student Youth and the beginning of the new academic year.

On the initiative of Hero-Arkadag, compulsory physical training lessons have been introduced in all schools, secondary specialized and higher educational institutions, which creates conditions for the harmonious upbringing of the younger generation.