The Turkmenistan national team won 14 medals at the 1st Thailand Kickboxing World Cup 2025 tournament held in Bangkok. This was reported to Turkmenportal by the Kickboxing Federation of Turkmenistan.
Turkmen athletes have won 7 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals. In the overall team standings, the Turkmenistan team took 8th place.
The Turkmen delegation included 13 athletes under the leadership of head coach Orazmuhammet Komekov, who also added a silver medal to the team’s medal collection in the 91 kg weight category in the K-1 discipline.
The winners of gold medals were Nurmuhammet Jorayev (up to 57 kg, Kick-light), Kirill Voevodin (up to 57 kg, Low-kick), Hangeldy Atabayev (up to 51 kg, Low-kick), Akmyrat Akmyradov (up to 67 kg, Low-kick), Guvanch Mahmudov (up to 54 kg, K-1), Guvanch Babayev (up to 51 kg, K-1) and Muhammetali Orazmuhammedov (up to 37 kg, Creative form).
In addition to Komekov, silver medals were won by Rashit Geldymammedov (up to 63,5 kg, K-1), Yhlas Bayev (up to 60 kg, Low-kick) and Muhammetali Orazmuhammedov (up to 37 kg, Musical form).
Bronze medals for the national team were won by Agamyrat Amangeldyev, Geldymuhammet Hojalyev (up to 81 kg, Low-kick) and Muhammetali Orazmuhammedov (up to 37 kg, Point fighting).
The competition, held under the auspices of the International Kickboxing Federation WAKO, was attended by about 800 athletes from about 40 countries. They competed in the disciplines of Full Contact, Low Kick, K-1, Kick Light, Light Contact and Point Fighting.
According to the Kickboxing Federation of Turkmenistan, more than 5,000 people are currently involved in this sport in the country, and the number of international awards for Turkmen kickboxers increases annually.