Successes in phygital sports

  On April 1-6, 2024, declared the year “The Fount of Wisdom of Magtymguly Pyragy” the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports hosted competitions titled “Physical and digital sports - innovations in sports” among students of higher education institutions of the country in new phygical (physical+digital) sports such as phygital+football (football video game simulator+5x5 futsal), phygital+basketball (basketball video game stimulator+3x3 basketball), phygital+table tennis (table tennis video game simulator+electronic table tennis training set), phygital+karate-do (standing hold wrestling game simulator+karate-do). The competitions were organized jointly by the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, the State Committee for Physical Education and Sports of Turkmenistan, the National Student Sports Federation of Turkmenistan and the National Federation of Electronic Sports of Turkmenistan.

  Annadurdyev Byashimmyrat, a 2nd year student at the Faculty of Oil and Gas of the International University of Oil and Gas named after Yagshygeldi Kakaev, successfully performed in the new sport phygital+karate-do, having won 1st place.

  Yangibaev Atajan, a 4th year student of the Faculty of Energy and Engineering Structures, Magtymov Aymyrat, a 2nd year student at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Begmammedov Perman, a 3rd year student at the Faculty of Digital Technologies and Cybersecurity, Nepesov Rakhatmyrat, a 1st year student at the Geology Faculty, and Khanov Suleyman, a student at the Linguistics Department of the Faculty of Oil and Gas, having successfully performed in the new sport phygital+football, took third place.

  The successful performances of our athletes at the world level fill the hearts of sports fans with joy and pride.