Ashgabat, 13 September 2024: as part of the first edition of Italian Sports Day in the World, an event was held at the Residence to showcase Italy’s sporting achievements and promote the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Participants included athletes, coaches from various disciplines and officials of the Turkmen Olympic Committee, including the President of the Judo Federation, Welmyrat Gurbanmyradov, and the Secretaries General of the Boxing and Weightlifting Federations, Durdymammet Kuljayev and Charygeldi Mammedov respectively, alongside colleagues from the diplomatic corps.
The sports diplomacy initiatives undertaken in Turkmenistan gave broad visibility to “Italian Sports Day in the World” within the framework of the growth diplomacy strategy, establishing direct contacts with Turkmen sporting authorities with a view to developing further and closer cooperation.
First Edition of Italian Sports Day in the World
