SPORTS
Sweltering desert nation told to play ice hockey
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
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reprisals.
Berdymukhamedov has in recent months been busily preaching the need for his former Soviet Central Asian nation to become a sporting power and has personally led the way by showing off his active side.
At the weekend, he donned ice hockey garb and skated in front of thousands of people at a recently constructed indoor arena in the capital, Ashgabat. Afterward, teams played in the country's first ever ice-hockey tournament — one of several events organized for the "Week of Health and Happiness" recently devised by Berdymukhamedov.
Earlier that same day, the president unexpectedly took part in a time-trial
reprisals.
Berdymukhamedov has in recent months been busily preaching the need for his former Soviet Central Asian nation to become a sporting power and has personally led the way by showing off his active side.
At the weekend, he donned ice hockey garb and skated in front of thousands of people at a recently constructed indoor arena in the capital, Ashgabat. Afterward, teams played in the country's first ever ice-hockey tournament — one of several events organized for the "Week of Health and Happiness" recently devised by Berdymukhamedov.
Earlier that same day, the president unexpectedly took part in a time-trial
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