2014 World Nomad Games

International multi-sport event 1st World Nomad Games Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan 10 sports 19 400 9 September 2014 14 September 2014 Almazbek Atambaev President of Kyrgyzstan 2016 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.Article dedicated to Kyrgyz Government's expenses https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104700/http://ia-centr.ru/publications/18957/ 2016-03-04 on ia-centr.ru (in Russian), 2 September 2014 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 were played competitively at the games:The first-ever "World Nomad Games" http://worldnomadgames.com/en/page/WNG-2014/ worldnomadgames.com en The equestrian sports of ky Kok Boru, team game on horseback, featuring the carrying of a goat carcass ky Er Enish, wrestling on horseback ky Kunan chabysh, a young horse race ky Zhorgo salysh, (aka ky Jorgo salysh) a trotting race ky Alaman Baige, a long distance uneven terrain raceWorld Nomad Games conclude in Kyrgyzstan http://m.inform.kz/en/article/2696836 m.inform.kz 15 September 2014 18 February 2018 19 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180219091952/http://m.inform.kz/en/article/2696836 dead The traditional wrestling sports of: Kyrgyz ky Kurosh ky Alysh (belt-wrestling) Kazakh kk Kurosh Two Kyrgyz national games: kk Ordo, an ankle bone shooting game kk Toguz korgool, a strategy board game Demonstration sports The games also featured demonstration performances of other sports: Zorhana, a form of wrestling from Azerbaijan and IranIlham Rahimov Midnight of the Shah 2018 Мультимедийное издательство Стрельбицкого 6.INT https://books.google.com/books?id=1I5GDwAAQBAJ en tr Cirit (from Turkey), a sport played on horseback Traditional Turkish wrestling ko Taekkyon (from the Republic of Korea) ky Salbuurun, eagle hunting ky Tyin Enmei, picking up a coin while upon a galloping horse ky Kyz Kuumai, ("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 womanHernandez Vladimir 'Girl chasing' features at Nomad Games https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-29161147 BBC News 12 September 2014Mudie Keir Chasing girls on horseback among events at World Nomad Games https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/chasing-girls-horseback-among-events-4210361 irishmirror 12 September 2014 Medal table The Kyrgyz team won the most medals, with the Kazakh team coming second and Turkmenistan third.Lioy Stephen The 2014 World Nomad Games - Kyrgyzstan - WorldNomads.com https://journals.worldnomads.com/extraordinaryexperiences/story/121278/Kyrgyzstan/The-2014-World-Nomad-Games en 26 September 2014 16 20 19 10 9 9 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 6 0 0 5 0 0 4 References External links "Big in Kyrgyzstan: The World Nomad Games", The Atlantic Category:World Nomad Games World Nomad Games World Nomad Games World Nomad Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Kyrgyzstan Category:Multi-sport events in Kyrgyzstan