The Turkmen athletes successfully performed at the Youth World Kickboxing Championships, which took place in the capital of Hungary, Budapest. 3,600 athletes from 69 countries participated in the tournament. The Turkmenistan team consisted of 17 athletes from Ashgabat and the Dashoguz and Lebap velayats. They won five medals: one gold, one silver and three bronze ones.
In an interview with an NT correspondent, a coach at sports school 6 from Turkmenabat Zakir Atajanov told that our boys had proved that they had prepared well for the fights with rivals from other countries. Jasur Ahmedov, who performed in the under 37 kg weight category of the light kick event, showed the best result. He left his opponents – Razi Shomama from Israel, Shuymur Guliyev from Azerbaijan and Edward Flanagan from the United Kingdom – no chance to win in the first three fights, winning with the same score 3-0. However, it was not easy to fight in the final for the world title. His opponent was a kickboxer from Uzbekistan Aziz Yuldashev, who demonstrated high skill. He lost 2-1 to our athlete. An athlete from Ashgabat Ymamguly Rejepov stood on the third step of the podium in the same event. He defeated his opponents Gabriel Golian from Poland and Nizami Aliyev from Azerbaijan in the under 37 kg weight category, but he lost to an Uzbek athlete Aziz Yuldashev, who won a silver medal, in the semi-finals.
