11th Official Asian Games FUN RUN 2005 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
16-03-2005

Over three hundred children from Ashgabat, ran for 1.6 km, around the Kopentag Sports Complex Stadium, on 16th March 2005, for the Eleventh Official Asian Games Fun Run.  The Fun Run celebrates Sport in Asia and highlights the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006.

Organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Turkmenistan National Olympic Committee and Turkmenistan’s Tourism & Sports  State Council, children aged between 8 -14 were invited to participate in the event, which spread the message of the Asian Games in the region and also promoted development, understanding and friendship throughout the continent.

A number of VIPs from the OCA, Olympic Solidarity (OS), NOC’s (Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,  Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  ) and  Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC), including Mr. Hussain Musallam- Deputy Director General OCA, were present to watch the, the children warm up, the start/finish of all the three age group runs and the open race.

The event attracted wide-spread press attention with Turkmenistan’s National TV  channel 4, the national sports paper and Turkmenistan’s national local paper, were present at the event.   

Each child was given a momento of an Asian Games Fun Run t-shirt and a cap and upon completion received a certificate of achievement from the Olympic Council of Asia.