In the Karaganda region, special attention is paid to the development of national sports. 11 species are cultivated in the region (togyzkumalak, Sayat, baige, zhekpe-ZHEK, Kazak kuresi, asyk ATU, Kyz kuu, Tange Alu, audaryspak, kokpar, zhamby ATU), the number of students is more than 42 thousand people. The National team of the Republic of Kazakhstan consists of 18 athletes.
In 2019, Athletes of the region became Champions and prize-winners at the I Asian youth Championship in national equestrian sports, at the Republican tournament "Kazakhstan Barysy", at the Kazakhstan audaryspak championship among adults, At the international togyzkumalak tournament.
For the first time, the first Republican tournament "Saryarka batyrlary" was held in Karaganda, where 200 athletes of the country took part.
One of the brightest and most massive event of this summer was the Festival of national kinds of sport in p. Botakara with the participation of more than 200 people from towns and districts of the region, the results of which formed the national team of area for participation in the V Republican Festival of national sports, which was held from 18 to 25 September in Aktobe by 13 sports.
In this Republican complex of events in the Kazakh kuresi competitions, our athletes won 3 team places (3-gold, 2 – silver and 2 bronze medals), as well as 2 places were taken: in Tenga ILU – Omarbayev Talgat, Kozhanasip Asylkhan in togyzkumalak.
In November, an international hunting tournament with hunting birds "Uly Dala murasy" was held in Aksu-Ayuly village, dedicated to the 125th anniversary of S. Seifullin, which was attended by more than 90 athletes from Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and 13 regions of Kazakhstan.
At the Asian Kazak kuresi Championship in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), athletes of the region Tutkyshev Nariman and Huangbai Elaman won gold medals, And akhmetbekov Bekzat won a silver medal.
Also, at the Kazak kuresi World Championship, which was held in December in Aktobe, our countryman Galymov Aidos won a gold medal and became the World Champion in the weight category up to 74kg.
On the International tournament on togyzkumalak (Istanbul, Turkey) the Most Ogans took 1st place, and Ozans Asylkhan was the winner in the game "Mancala". In the team competition, the regional team took 1st place.