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World Nomad Games draw record number of athletes to Kyrgyzstan

From 24.kg · () Russian

Translated from Russian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • About 3,000 athletes from 112 countries are expected to compete in Kyrgyzstan’s sixth World Nomad Games, a record for the event.
  • Teams from 13 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Egypt and North Macedonia, are participating for the first time.
  • The opening ceremony will take place at the 51,000-seat Bishkek Arena, while most events will be held at Kyrchyn Gorge and the Cholpon-Ata hippodrome.

The sixth World Nomad Games will bring about 3,000 athletes from 112 countries to Kyrgyzstan, setting a participation record for the event.

Teams from Cabo Verde, Australia, New Zealand, Algeria, Burundi, The Gambia, Jordan, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Oman, Uganda, Ethiopia and North Macedonia will compete for the first time. Russia is sending the largest delegation, with athletes from 33 regions taking part across all 43 disciplines.

The Games will open at Bishkek Arena, which can hold 51,000 spectators. The ceremony will be the first major event at the new stadium, described as the largest in Central Asia. Most competitions will take place at Kyrchyn Gorge and the Cholpon-Ata hippodrome in the Issyk-Kul region.

Kyrgyzstan hosted the first World Nomad Games in 2014, when 583 athletes from 19 countries competed in 10 sports.

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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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