AIMAG Ashgabat 2017

The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG), was the second edition of AIMAG, which also counts as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Council of Asia-sanctioned event, following Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan, which jointly-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The host city was chosen in Kuwait on 19 December 2010. On 6 July 2013, the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia was officially handed over to the mayor of the city of Ashgabat.