Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships Opens in Ashgabat

AKIPRESS.COM - The ceremony of opening of the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships took place at the Ashgabat 2017 Olympic Complex on Sunday.

Mr. Toyli Komekov, Chairman of the State Sports Committee of Turkmenistan, officially opened the tournament in the Weightlifting Arena, located in the heart of the state-of-the-art Ashgabat Olympic Complex, Laurel international management press service said.

The President of the Asian Weightlifting Federation, Mr. Mohammed Yousef Al Mana, thanked Turkmenistan for hosting the Championships: "We are happy to be here in the great city of Ashgabat.

From the first time we arrived here, we saw that the Turkmen Olympic Committee and the Turkmen Weightlifting Federation were able to take the Asian Weightlifting Championships to a next level. It never happened on a scale like this before.

"The president of the international weightlifting federation, Dr. Tamas Ajan, also showed his gratitude to Turkmenistan: "It's a wonderful country, we are very happy to be here.

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