2014 World Nomad Games Explained

1st World Nomad Games
Host City:	Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
Events:	10 sports
Nations:	19
Athletes:	400
Opening:	9 September 2014
Closing:	14 September 2014
Opened By:	Almazbek Atambaev President of Kyrgyzstan
Next:	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.^[1] 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:^[2]

• 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^[3]
• The traditional wrestling sports of:
  • Kyrgyz
  • (belt-wrestling)
  • Kazakh
• Two Kyrgyz national games:
  • , an ankle bone shooting game^[3]
  • , a strategy board game

Demonstration sports

The games also featured demonstration performances of other sports:^[2]

• Zorhana, a form of wrestling from Azerbaijan and Iran^[4]
• (from Turkey), a sport played on horseback
• Traditional Turkish wrestling
• (from the Republic of Korea)
• , 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^{[5] [6]}

Medal table

The Kyrgyz team won the most medals, with the Kazakh team coming second and Turkmenistan third.^{[2] [7] [3]}

External links

• "Big in Kyrgyzstan: The World Nomad Games", The Atlantic

Notes and References

1. http://ia-centr.ru/publications/18957/ Article dedicated to Kyrgyz Government's expenses
2. Web site: The first-ever "World Nomad Games". worldnomadgames.com. en.
3. Web site: World Nomad Games conclude in Kyrgyzstan . m.inform.kz. 15 September 2014.
4. Book: Ilham. Rahimov. Midnight of the Shah. 2018. Мультимедийное издательство Стрельбицкого. 6.INT. en.
5. News: Mudie. Keir. Chasing girls on horseback among events at World Nomad Games. irishmirror. 12 September 2014.
6. News: Hernandez. Vladimir. 'Girl chasing' features at Nomad Games. BBC News. 12 September 2014.
7. Web site: Lioy. Stephen. The 2014 World Nomad Games - Kyrgyzstan - WorldNomads.com. en. 26 September 2014.