The 2014
World Nomad Games, officially known as the 1st World Nomad Games, was the inaugural edition held in
Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 9–14 September 2014 with 19 sports featured in the games. While organising the first edition of the Games, the Kyrgyz government spent more than 3 million dollars. More than 400 athletes from 20 countries took part in the event.
A cultural program
The Games are surrounded by a cultural and ethnical program. During the first edition of the Games, a yurt village was installed. Cultural events and entertaining activities not linked with the Games' disciplines also took place.
Competitive sports
Ten sports weree played competitively at the games:
* The
equestrian sports of
** , team game on horseback, featuring the carrying of a goat carcass
** , wrestling on horseback
** , a young horse race
** , (aka ) a trotting race
** , a long distance uneven terrain race
* The
traditional wrestling sports of:
** Kyrgyz
** (belt-wrestling)
** Kazakh
* Two Kyrgyz
national games:
** , an ankle bone shooting game
** , a
strategy
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board game
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Demonstration sports
The games also featured demonstration performances of other sports:
* ''Zorhana'', a form of wrestling from Azerbaijan and Iran
* (from
Turkey
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), a sport played on horseback
* Traditional
Turkish wrestling
* (from the
Republic of Korea
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)
* , eagle hunting
* , picking up a coin while upon a galloping horse
* , ("girl chasing"), featuring a woman and a man on horseback, the man initially chasing the woman, but if too slow then being chased and whipped by the woman
Medal table
The Kyrgyz team won the most medals, with the Kazakh team coming second and Turkmenistan third.
External links
"Big in Kyrgyzstan: The World Nomad Games", The Atlantic
References
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International sports competitions hosted by Kyrgyzstan
Multi-sport events in Kyrgyzstan