Turkmenistan considers sports as an indispensable tool for educating the younger generations that adhere to the principles of a healthy lifestyle. Sports are a priority of the peace-loving policy and diplomacy of our independent, permanently neutral country. The V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in the Turkmen capital in 2017, the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships organised in our country and the 2018 Amul – Hazar international rally became clear signs of the worthy implementation of this diplomacy. These sports events made Turkmenistan known as a sports power.

As is known, previously impossible modes of sports have been widely promoted in Turkmenistan. These sports include, first, figure skating and ice hockey. The winter sports complexes built and put into operation in the Turkmen capital and the Avaza National Tourist Zone serve as important facilities for doing these sports.