On November 20, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, as usual, began his day with morning exercises, and then visited the capital's Olympic town, where he worked out on fitness equipment, as well as various sports with his associates.

Being an adherent of a healthy lifestyle, the head of Turkmenistan sets personal example in this to all compatriots, and, first of all, to the younger generation. This time, the leader of the nation performed a number of exercises on the fitness machines installed in the sports complex of the town.

Exercise not only strengthens people's health, but also stimulates creativity, inspires them to new successes. As President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov notes, living an active lifestyle inspires to do good deeds.

In educational and educational institutions under construction - schools, universities, kindergartens - even at the design stage, at the direction of the leader of the nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, have gyms and playgrounds with all the necessary equipment.

Today, the President of Turkmenistan performed various exercises in the training hall of one of the complexes of the Olympic Village. The sports equipment installed here, which meets international requirements, has a positive impact on human health.

Then the leader of the nation, together with the Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers and the heads of the country's military and law enforcement agencies, went in for various sports. Life experience shows that doing physical exercises, playing sports foster purposefulness, endurance, and most importantly, improve the physical condition of people.

The head of state notes how important it is to effectively use the facilities of the Olympic Village, which has no analogues in Central Asia. The facilities of the town that meet international standards are equipped with everything necessary for holding competitions at various levels, as well as for training and organizing cultural events.

The physical culture and health movement and sports have always contributed to the all-round development of a person, first of all, youth, while fostering patriotism and fortitude.

Today, strengthening international cooperation in this area, popularizing physical education and sports, attracting the younger generation to classes, developing the Olympic movement in the country, as well as increasing the international sports authority of the Motherland are among the leading state priorities.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasizes the importance of developing physical culture and health movement, sports of the highest achievements in the country, noting the need to continue work in this direction at a modern level, to create all conditions for attracting the population, especially young people, to sports.

As the leader of the nation emphasized, in ministries and departments, scientific and educational institutions, universities and schools, public organizations, special attention should be paid to the development of sports. This is the main factor in the formation of the principles of a healthy lifestyle and increases the inspiration of people, the head of state said, ordering to bring the work carried out in this direction in line with the requirements of the time.

It was also noted that it is important today to create all opportunities for engaging in mass physical education and sports in the structures of the military and law enforcement agencies of the country, organizing competitions in various sports among military personnel. In this regard, the relevant leaders were given respective instructions.

All this, as well as the Olympic town erected in the capital, increase the pride of the Turkmen people for their homeland and national leader. The construction of this specialized facility has become an important stage in the development of Turkmen sports. Today, the country has created a sports infrastructure that meets international standards and the requirements of the International Olympic Committee.

The Olympic Village, being the largest sports complex in the region, has all the conditions for organizing major international competitions and training athletes. In addition, residents of the capital of different age groups can use its services to improve their health.

By the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the development of high-performance sports and physical culture movement has become one of the priorities of state policy in Turkmenistan, as you know. This is evidenced by the massive nature of competitions regularly organized in our country, from interschool tournaments and university Olympics to the annual national sports days.

The organization of national sports days in our country under the motto “Turkmenistan is a country of health and high spirit”, involving the employees of ministries and departments, enterprises and institutions, universities and schools, the organization of competitions in various sports within their framework, more than convincingly confirms large successes of the Turkmen state in the implementation of the policy under the leadership of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the development of mass physical culture and sports movement and sports of the highest achievements.