Turkmenistan Boxing Federation hosted an international training and sparring camp for the Asian nations in their capital city in Ashgabat. The period of the training camp changed and the dates were from 10th to 20th May 2018.
Turkmenistan Boxing Federation has got a new management which widen their focus outside
the country and trying to increase their possibilities and results into a new level.
The main purpose of the international training camp was the preparation of boxers for the upcoming Asian Games which will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia in August / September 2018. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is also on the focus for the Turkmenistan Boxing Federation and the coaches of the participating teams got the opportunity to share their experiences during the camp.
Women and men elite boxers attended in the training camp and all teams was accommodated in the Mizan Hotel in Ashgabat and the attending National Federations paid for their flights and visas to Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan hosted the 2017 edition of the Asian Indoor and Martials Arts Games in Ashgabat a few months ago which was a great success for the Central Asian country. Their head coach is former Russian boxing star Mr. Aleksandr Lebziak who developed the technical and tactical skills of the Turkmen boxers in the recent one year which has already paid off in the Islamic Solidarity Games and in the Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament.
The two selected boxers from Army MVIRS Bandara (52Kg) and PVD Maruranga(69Kg) did not attend this training session due to participation at the Defense Boxing Championships.
Name of the team:
M49Kg – PMTS Ranasinghe Hela
M64Kg – PVDDD Saparamadu Slimline
W51Kg – Anusha Kodituwakku Unichela
W57Kg – Keshani Hansika Unichela
W60Kg – Krishmi Dharmathilake Unichela
Coach – Amila Aravinda Thissera AIBA 2 star coach