The winner of the 2018 Futsal Neutrality Cup among the teams of ministries, departments and universities, which contested on the fields of the Olympic village for a week, has become known.

Turkmen National team performed successfully at the Western Asia Junior Championship in Tashkent of November 16 – 23. Around 300 junior chess players from 11 countries contested for the medals of the tournament in the age categories of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 18 and 20 years. The medals were contested in three disciplines – classic, rapid and blitz.

Turkmen team successfully performed at the Open Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Europe Cup in Plock, having won two gold, four silver and one bronze medals.

Social and Cultural Centre of the Olympic village hosted the closing ceremony of the World Weightlifting Championship and the award ceremony of the winning men and women teams.

Collection of sport achievements of our country was supplemented with bronze medal on the first day of the World Sambo and Combat Sambo Championship in Bucharest.

Men competed for the medals in super heavy weight category above 109 kg on the last day of the World Weightlifting Championship.

Women competed for the medals in the weight category above 87 kg on the final day of the World Weightlifting Championship.

Weightlifter from Armenia Simon Martirosyan became the leaders and world champion in the amount of disciplines in men’s weight category up to 109 kg, having lifted 435 kg in total and set new world record. He achieved this result, having lifted 195 in the snatch where he was the second and owing to total victory in the clean-and-jerk where he took over the nearest opponent by 12 kg, having lifted 240 kg and set the world record.

Crismery Sanatana from the Dominican Republic was just a little behind to win the gold in the snatch women’s 87 kg weight category. She lifted 117 kg in the last attempt, however she was taken over by Hui Ao from the PRC by one kg. Weightlifter of the PDRK Un Ju Kim was the third.

Contests in women’s 81 kg started on the eighth day of the competitions. Our fellow countrywoman Aysoltan Toychiyeva competing in B Group was the third in the clean-and-jerk and in total and the fourth in the snatch.