Turkmenistan competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.
Turkmenistan competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.
Turkmenistan qualified 3 swimmers. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sergey Krovyakov | Men's 50m Freestyle | 25.11 | 65 | did not advance | |||
| Men's 100m Freestyle | 55.99 | 77 | did not advance | ||||
| Andrey Molchanov | Men's 100m Backstroke | 1:05.39 | 50 | did not advance | |||
| Men's 100m Butterfly | 1:00.83 | 58 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jennet Saryyeva | Women's 200m Freestyle | 2:41.27 | 49 | did not advance | |||
| Women's 400m Freestyle | 5:41.09 | 37 | did not advance | ||||
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Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city. It is one of the six independent Turkic states. With a population over 7 million, Turkmenistan is the 35th most-populous country in Asia and has the lowest population of the Central Asian republics while being one of the most sparsely populated nations on the Asian continent.
The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline, also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. Construction on the project started in Turkmenistan on 13 December 2015, while construction of the Afghanistan-Pakistan section of the pipeline was held in February 2018. Proponents of the project see it as a modern continuation of the Silk Road.
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