2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Council of Asia-sanctioned event, following Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan, which jointly-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The host city was chosen in Kuwait on 19 December 2010. On 6 July 2013 the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia was officially handed over to the mayor of the city of Ashgabat.
Development and preparation
Venues
The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were held at the Ashgabat Olympic Complex, which is a unique facility which has no parallel in the Central Asian region. The Complex boasts of over 30 structures, which also includes 15 competition venues, an Athletes' Village and a Paralympic Rehabilitation Medical Center. The construction was launched by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. On November 5, 2010, the Turkmen President took part in the official stone laying ceremony for the Olympic Village. Investment in the first phase amounted to nearly $2 billion. The second phase of construction cost $3 billion. The total cost of the Olympic Village was $5 billion and the construction was carried by Turkish construction company Polimeks.For the convenience of athletes and spectators, the Olympic village have all the necessary infrastructure including social, cultural and shopping centers, hotels, restaurants, cafes, shops, consumer services and car park. The campus are laid with new pedestrian crossings and a monorail.
Several national higher educational institutions are located right next to the Olympic village. The Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, Institute of Culture, the State Border Service Academy of Turkmenistan and the National Institute of Sports and Tourism all have their campuses nearby. These universities will make use of the brand new sports facilities, built for the Games, in the future.
Venue | Sports | Capacity |
Olympic Stadium | Opening and closing ceremonies | 45,000 |
Bowling Centre | Bowling | 500 |
Chess Arena | Chess | 500 |
Billiard Arena | Cue sports | 1,000 |
Velodrome | Cycling | 6,000 |
Taekwondo and Dancesport Arena | Dancesport, Taekwondo | 1,000 |
Equestrian Centre | Equestrian | 645 |
Ice Palace | Futsal | 10,300 |
Indoor Athletics Arena | Indoor athletics | 5,000 |
Tennis Centre | Indoor tennis | 4,000 |
Muay and Ju-jitsu Arena | Ju-jitsu, Muaythai | 861 |
Martial Arts Arena | Kickboxing, Kurash, Sambo | 5,000 |
Aquatics Centre | Short course swimming | 5,000 |
Weightlifting Arena | Weightlifting | 861 |
Main Indoor Arena | Wrestling, Belt wrestling, Traditional wrestling | 15,000 |
Test events
The Senior Asian Weightlifting Championship, the WAKO Asian Kickboxing Championships, and the Central Asian Short Course Swimming Championships took place concurrently as part of the Inspiring Ashgabat Test Event Series.;Weightlifting
The Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships competition began 23 April and ended on 29 April at the Weightlifting Arena. Athletes competed for 144 medals which were awarded for snatch, clean & jerk and total in each bodyweight category. Asia has a strong pedigree in weightlifting with 31 of the 45 medals at the Rio 2016 Olympics being awarded to Asian countries.
;Kickboxing
The Martial Arts Arena hosted the Asian Kickboxing Championships between 26–30 April with athletes from up to 20 countries competing over the course of five days. The competition included 27 categories for men and 10 for women which were featured in the Ring and 28 categories for men and 16 for women on the Tatami. The event saw up to 354 medals awarded.
;Short course swimming
In addition to these international competitions the Aquatics Federation of Turkmenistan have organised the first ever Central Asian Short Course Swimming Tournament which consisted of an invitational short course competition in the new Indoor Aquatics Centre. Athletes from neighbouring countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran and Afghanistan will be competed across a number of individual and relay events on 26–27 April 2017.
Events
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the games took place on Sunday, 17 September 2017 at the newly built Olympic Stadium in Ashgabat. It was the third-largest Olympic-style ceremony ever held.Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony of the games took place on 27 September at the Olympic Stadium. There were live performances from international singers such Russian Nyusha, Lebanese Elissa, English John Newman and many other local musical performers.Participating National Olympic Committees
All 45 member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia were invited to compete at these Games. For the first time in the Asian Games are attended by 17 Oceania National Olympic Committees. Oceania countries will be under full participation, so they will be eligible for medals.The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants entered.
Participating :Category:Nations at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|National Olympic Committees |
;Olympic Council of Asia members |
;Oceania National Olympic Committees members |
Sports
A total of 21 sports are represented for the Indoor and Martial Arts Games: seven Olympic sports, four Olympic sports contested only in non-Olympic formats and eleven non-Olympic sportsNumbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.
;Demonstration sports
Calendar
Medal table
Doping
What follows is a list of all the athletes that have tested positive for a banned substance during the Games. Any medals listed were revoked.Name | NOC | Sport | Banned substance | Medals | Ref |
Dinara Hallyýewa | Alysh | Meldonium | | ||
Dinara Hallyýewa | Belt wrestling | Meldonium | | ||
Dinara Hallyýewa | Turkmen goresh | Meldonium | |||
Gülnar Haýytbaýewa | Alysh | Methylhexaneamine and 1,3-Dimethylbutylamine | |||
Gülnar Haýytbaýewa | Belt wrestling | Methylhexaneamine and 1,3-Dimethylbutylamine | | ||
Gülnar Haýytbaýewa | Turkmen goresh | Methylhexaneamine and 1,3-Dimethylbutylamine | | ||
Rejepaly Orazalyýew | Belt wrestling | Oxandrolone | |||
Rejepaly Orazalyýew | Turkmen goresh | Oxandrolone | | ||
Muhammet Altybaýew | Kickboxing | Meldonium and Luteinizing hormone | |||
Zhamalbek Asylbek Uulu | Sambo | Meldonium | |||
Ahmed Salah | Wrestling | Methasterone |
Marketing, branding and design
Brand look
Brand look and all design related works of the Games made by Belli Creative StudioEmblem
The emblem of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is the image of Akhal-teke, the national horse of Turkmenistan which is renowned forits' speed, endurance and intelligence that represents Health. Surrounding the horse were the green Moon that represents Inspiration and the sun, the symbol of the Olympic Council of Asia, which represents friendship.