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Kyrgyzstan wins second straight kok-boru match at World Nomad Games

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • Kyrgyzstan beat Uzbekistan 16-11 in a Group A second-round match at the 6th World Nomad Games.
  • The result gave Kyrgyzstan its second consecutive victory and left the team top of the group with six points.
  • Uzbekistan’s 11 salyms marked the highest total any team had scored against Kyrgyzstan at a kok-boru tournament at the World Nomad Games.

Kyrgyzstan secured its second consecutive victory in the kok-boru tournament at the 6th World Nomad Games, defeating Uzbekistan 16-11 in the Issyk-Kul region.

Nurzhan Melisbekov led the Kyrgyz scoring with three goals. Edilzhan Toktogul uulu, Aitbek Zholdoshbek uulu and Kyaz Niyazov each added two.

The Kyrgyz team opened the tournament by beating the United States and now leads Group A with six points. Uzbekistan’s 11 salyms gave the match an unusual mark: no team had previously scored that many against Kyrgyzstan in any kok-boru tournament at the World Nomad Games.

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