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Sports · Turkmenistan

From national sports to football, wrestling to chess — the sport and athletes of the Turkic world.

National sports

SportTurkmen horse racingRaces of Akhal-Teke horses are the Turkmens' favourite sporting spectacle.Read more →

Sport by country

SportAshgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesThe largest international sports event hosted by Turkmenistan, for which a huge Olympic complex was built in Ashgabat.Read more →

Athletes

PersonPolina GuryevaWeightlifter (b. 1999) whose silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 was Turkmenistan's first ever Olympic medal.Read more →

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