Turkmen athletes finished their participation in the 20th Asian Games with two silver medals. The Games were held for two weeks in the city of Nagoya, the administrative center of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, The Golden age electronic newspaper reports.

The first silver medal for the national team was won by karate athlete Davut Nazmyradov, who competed in the up to 75 kg weight category. In the final bout, he lost to Iranian athlete Morteza Nemati by a score of 3:4. The second silver medal was won by weightlifter Shahzadbek Matyakubov in the up to 110 kg category with a combined total of 410 kg in the two lifts (188 kg in the snatch and 222 kg in the clean and jerk). He lost only to Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan, who set a world record in the snatch (197 kg) and two Asian Games records – in the clean and jerk (226 kg) and the combined total (423 kg).

In the overall medal standings, the Turkmenistan national team placed 31st among the 40 countries that won medals. Approximately 10,800 athletes from 45 countries and a refugee team took part in the Nagoya Games, competing for 469 sets of medals across 71 disciplines in 43 sports. The Turkmenistan delegation consisted of 57 people, including 35 athletes competing in eight sports: boxing, wrestling, karate, kurash, athletics, swimming, weightlifting, and wushu.

Since 1994, Turkmen athletes have competed as an independent team at the Asian Summer Games for the ninth time. Over the years of participation, the country’s athletes have won 31 medals: 3 gold, 10 silver, and 18 bronze.

The next, 21st Asian Games will be held in Doha, Qatar, in 2030.