Three silver and three bronze medals were won by judokas from Turkmenistan at the Junior Asian Cup that ended in Almaty, The Turkmenistan: Golden age electronic newspaper reports.
On the first day of the competition, our compatriots won three medals. The silver medal was awarded to the athlete of the Judo Federation of Turkmenistan Medine Oraznyyazova, and the bronze medals were awarded to the 11th grade student of Secondary School №20 of the Koytendag district of the Lebap region Nuriya Pardayeva and the 20-year-old first-year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Architecture and Construction Kurbanay Kurbanova.
Medine Oraznyyazova achieved silver success in the weight category up to 57 kg, which brought together 21 judokas from 5 countries. Nuriya Pardayeva and Kurbanay Kurbanova became bronze medalists in the weight category up to 48 kg, in which 26 judokas from 5 countries competed for medals.
On the second day of the Asian Cup among juniors, Turkmen judokas won two more silver and one bronze medal. The second step of the podium was taken by 20-year-old second-year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Architecture and Construction Agajan Ayhanov and 20-year-old second-year student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Baymyrat Majanov, and the third step was taken by 11th-grade student of Secondary School № 61 of the Charjev district of the Lebap region Oguljan Ruslanova.
Agajan Ayhanov won silver in the 81 kg weight category, where 31 judokas from 6 countries competed for medals. Baymyrat Majanov achieved the same success in the 100 kg weight category, where 14 judokas from 4 countries competed for medals. Oguljan Ruslanova won the bronze medal in the 70 kg weight category, in which 17 athletes from 5 countries competed for the Asian Cup.
In this way, following the results of the 2025 Asian Cup among cadets and juniors, the Turkmenistan team won 7 medals - 3 silver and 4 bronze. Earlier, a 10th-grade student of Ashgabat Secondary School № 37, Kakilik Deryayeva achieved bronze success in the cadet tournament in the weight category up to 48 kg.
The Asian Judo Cup among cadets and juniors held in Almaty brought together 785 athletes from 11 countries: Azerbaijan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Russia (competed under the IJF flag), the USA, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Our team was represented at these competitions by 31 judokas.
