Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017

[heywoodu 15,135]

This sort of looks like the Rohirrim preparing to charge.

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I see horses now  

 

Pretty sure those were the Akhal-Teke horses. Like the legendary horse Absent from my avatar that was in fact an Olympic champion from modern day Turkmenistan.

[dcro 10,210]

Well, I have no idea if this is the Opening ceremony, but the setting is quite unique (middle of the desert).

[Gianlu33 4,556]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

Well, I have no idea if this is the Opening ceremony, but the setting is quite unique (middle of the desert).

The opening ceremony was created by Italian Marco Balich, the creator of the OC of Torino 2006, Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 and a lot of other events. I was really in hype, his events are fantastic!

[Gianlu33 4,556]

Ashgabat 2017 Daily Recap: 16 September - Day -1

The first day of competition at the Ashgabat 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games saw medal events in Ju Jitsu and Traditional Wrestling, as well as round one competition in men’s and women's futsal. 

The host nation Turkmenistan began the competition with a hugely impressive effort, taking the bulk of the medals in both Ju Jitsu and Traditional Wrestling to finish the day with a total of 37 medals, including 16 golds. Next-best on the medal table through day one was Uzbekistan, with 13 medals.

 

Ju Jitsu

Day one of Ju Jitsu competition got things off to a fantastic start for the Turkmen squad as the host team scored their first Ashgabat 2017 gold medal in one of the very first events of the Games, with Jelilmuhammed Hojamuradov and Murad Gimmiyev taking the win in men’s Duo Classic competition. By the end of the day, the Turkmen Ju Jitsu athletes would take home a total of 13 medals from Saturday’s matches at the Ashgabat Martial Arts Centre, including six golds.

 

Traditional Wrestling

One of the fan-favourite competitions for the local Turkmen spectators opened Ashgabat 2017 competition on a thrilling note on Saturday, with the host nation dominating Traditional Wrestling Freestyle competition at the Main Indoor Arena. When it was all said and done, the Turkmen Traditional Wrestlers would take 24 medals on the first day of competition, including 10 golds.

Uzbekistan would be the only other nation to register any kind of notable success in the ring, managing to reach double-digits on their medal quest with a good balance of success from both their men’s and women’s squads. Their end tally for Traditional Wrestling competition on Saturday would be 12 medals, including two golds. 

 

Futsal

Futsal competition at Ashgabat 2017 opened on Saturday with first-round competition for both the men and women. Scores in general were somewhat lopsided, as can be expected in the first round of a lengthy tournament, but the 16-1 drubbing of Palestine by the powerhouse squad from the Islamic Republic of Iran in women’s competition was especially notable. 

Meanwhile, on the men’s side, Afghanistan put together one of the more impressive efforts of the day, easily handing the People’s Republic of China a 6-1 defeat.

 

 

 

 

[Griff88 1,952]

40 minutes ago, dcro said:

Well, I have no idea if this is the Opening ceremony, but the setting is quite unique (middle of the desert).

No, not yet.. 30 minutes to go..

[Griff88 1,952]

We have to be patient haha

[Griff88 1,952]

And the actual opening is 20:17 (UTC+5), so was that a countdown to the pre-show?

[Gianlu33 4,556]

Oh, nice, a preshow  

[MHSN 3,619]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

I hope they will broadcast equestrian though. However, that should be show (with and looking to spoil their party).

 

That's one of the events I'm looking forward to, curious about the level of the Iranians , because of the quarantine issues they almost never participate with their own horses, I have no clue about their level 

 

In Iranian delegation they were the only sport didn't get support from the NOC and paid the trip themselves