Kyrgyzstan leads horse-racing medal tally at World Nomad Games
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- Horse races and traditional equestrian competitions took place at the Cholpon-Ata hippodrome during the sixth World Nomad Games.
- Kyrgyz competitors secured 17 podium finishes across seven races.
- The events featured distances from 1,600 to 25,000 meters, with total prize money of 20.6 million soms.
Kyrgyzstan led the horse-racing medal tally at the sixth World Nomad Games, with its competitors taking 17 podium places at the Cholpon-Ata hippodrome on Sept. 4.
The program included flat races over 1,600, 2,400 and 3,200 meters, along with traditional competitions in byshty zhorgo, zhorgo salysh, kunan chabysh and alaman baige. The seven races offered a combined 20.6 million soms in prize money.
Kyrgyz horses won the 6,000-meter byshty zhorgo and the 11,000-meter zhorgo salysh. Kazakhstan took the top two places in the 25,000-meter alaman baige and won three of the four leading positions in the 12,000-meter kunan chabysh. Tajikistan’s Khutulun won the 1,600-meter race, while Kazakhstan’s Zerek and Beryl Racer won the 2,400- and 3,200-meter events respectively.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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