Turkmenistan Honors Its First Olympic Medalist

Turkmenistan honored its first Olympic medal winner on August 21 with a lavish ceremony where she was showered with gifts.

The 21-year-old weightlifter Polina Guryeva won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo by lifting a total of 217 kilograms in the 59-kilogram category.

It was the first Olympic medal won by an athlete from Turkmenistan since the Central Asia country gained its independence in the