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The fourth day of the 5th World Nomad Games has ended, during which athletes competed in nine sports. These were Zhamby atu in the style of Zhamby, competitions between strongmen - powerful nomad, a semi-final match in kokpar, and kokboru, traditional archery, Kyrgyz wrestling alysh, competitions in tug of war, final competitions in asyk atu and togyzkumalak.
On September 11, in the ethnovillage located next to the hippodrome, a competition in Horseback archery in the Kazakh style was held. Among the winners:
1st place - TeRi Gun (China)
2nd place - Batyr Beksaut (Kazakhstan)
3rd place - Daloh Samal (Thailand)
Also in the ethnovillage there was a competition of strongmen powerful nomad in the absolute weight category. Within the framework of one day there were qualification and final. The places were distributed as follows:
1 – Makulbekov Azamat (Kazakhstan)
2 – Geytasi Reza (Iran)
3 – Vagapov Denis (Russia)
At the Kazanat hippodrome, the Kazakhstan national kokpar team met with the Russian team. As a result of the meeting, Kazakhstan won in kokpar against Russia 18:2. The rival of the Kazakhstan team in final will be the Kyrgyzstan team.
The Kokboru competitions included matches between Kazakhstan and Turkey, as well as between Kyrgyzstan and Russia. The first match ended with a score of 15:1 in favor of Kazakhstan, while the second match was won by the Kyrgyz team with a score of 11:6. The final will feature the expected confrontation between the two favorite teams.
Traditional archery competitions continued at the Argymak archery range. Today, athletes competed in traditional archery in the Zhamby style.
Among men, the places were distributed as follows:
Among women:
The Martial Arts Palace named after Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov hosted the Kyrgyz Alysh wrestling competition in 6 weight categories among men and 6 weight categories among women. Within one day, 192 athletes from 35 countries of the world identified the strongest in 12 weight categories.
Results of distribution of places among the winners:
Women
-55 kg
-60 kg
-65 kg
-70 kg
3 . Dinara Kamchybekova (Kyrgyzstan)
-75 kg
+75 kg
Men -60 kg
-70 kg
-80 kg
-90 kg
-100 kg
+100 kg
The Alau Ice Palace hosted the Arkan Tartys competition. The winners were determined on the same day.
Among women:
1.Russia
2.Kazakhstan
3.Kyrgyzstan
Among men:
1.Russia
2.Kazakhstan
3.Kyrgyzstan
On September 11, the Alau Ice Palace hosted the final competitions of asyk atu
among men and bes asyk among women.
The winners in asyk atu – men:
1.Kazakhstan
2.Kyrgyzstan
3.Tajikistan
The winners in bes asyk – women:
1.Kazakhstan
2.Russia
3.Mongolia
В спортивном комплексе «Думан» состоялись финальные игры по тогызкумалаку.
Среди мужчин победителями стали:
Среди женщин:
Команды-победители:
The final games of togyzkumalak were held in the sports complex "Duman".
The winners among men were:
Among women:
The winning teams:
The third day of the 5th World Nomad Games has ended, during which athletes competed in such sports as kokpar, kokboru, horse wrestling, horseback archery, kurash, traditional archery, kazakh kuresi, mas-wrestling and togyzkumalak.
The winners of the horse wrestling competitions in three weight categories were determined. The competitions were held on the territory of Ethnovillage, where athletes competed for prizes in the weight categories of 90, 100 and 100 kg+.
Based on the results, the places were distributed as follows:
90 kg
1st place – Islam Berdibek uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
2nd place – Yessimkhan Rakhmatilla (Kazakhstan)
3rd place – Insaf Khusainov (Russia)
3rd place – Azizbek Zokirjonov (Uzbekistan)
100 kg
1st place – Syrym Izbassarov (Kazakhstan)
2nd place – Janat Bakhytjan (Mongolia)
3rd place – Daniel Kulcsar (Hungary)
3rd place – Turdukul Abdrahmanov (Kyrgyzstan)
+100 kg
1st place – Birzhan Kossaliyev (Kazakhstan)
2nd place – Kumushbek Kydyraliev (Kyrgyzstan)
3rd place – Valentin Lakatos (Hungary)
3rd place – Kharjaubai Shaitkhan (Mongolia)
78 athletes from 27 countries took part in the Turkic-style Horseback archery competition. The competition is taking place on the territory of Ethnoaul.
Results:
1st place – Yeralkhan Aykoz (Kazakhstan)
2nd place – Yegit Kerem (Turkey)
3rd place – Aitbek Sarybay (Kazakhstan)
The traditional archery competition in the Qalqan style continued at the Argymak bow shooting range.
Among men, the prize places were distributed as follows:
1st place – Koczka Laszlo (Hungary)
2nd place – Erbol Tapenov (Kazakhstan)
3rd place – Kanat Kasymkhan (Kazakhstan)
Among women, the most accurate were:
1st place – Reno Suri (Indonesia)
2nd place – Anna Alekseeva (Russia)
3rd place – Asel Sadyrova (Kyrgyzstan)
The Kazakh Kures wrestling competitions have come to the end at the 5th World Nomad Games. Over two days, on September 9-10, men and women competed in 16 weight categories to determine the strongest athletes. A total of 274 competitors from 41 countries participated, striving for victory in their respective categories.
Here are the results of the Kazakh Kures competitions at the 5th World Nomad Games:
Men:
- 55 kg
- 60 kg
- 64 kg
- 74 kg
- 82 kg
- 90 kg
- 100 kg
+100 kg
Women:
-48 kg
-52 kg
-58 kg
-60 kg
-70 kg
-65 kg
- 77 kg
+77 kg
The Uzbek wrestling competition kurash among women and men has ended at the Alau Ice Palace. Athletes in one women's and three men's weight categories competed for the highest category award.
Competition results:
Men:
66 kg
3 Avliakuleva Vepa (Turkmenistan)
60 kg
3 Rattan Om (India)
74 kg
Women:
57 kg
As part of the 5th World Nomad Games, the mas-wrestling competition, a national sport of the Sakha people, ended. Prize places were distributed among men in two weight categories, among women – also in two, as follows:
Men
90 kg
105 кg
Women
65 kg
75 kg
The kokpar matches were held at the Kazanat hippodrome. According to the results, the Kazakhstan team defeated the US cowboys with a score of 12:4, and Kyrgyzstan won against the Turkish athletes - 15:1.
As for the kokboru results, Turkey won against the US team with a score of 2:1, and the Russian riders defeated Uzbekistan with a score of 3:2.
According to the results of the togyzkumalak competition, with a total score of 23.5 points, the team is leading Kazakhstan.
On October 4, Yenbekshi District mayor of Shymkent city Dosbol Yesilbek will give a live interview on the Instagram page @akimat_shymkent at 16: 00.
In general, if you have any questions about Yenbekshi district, please leave a comment under the post. Also it's possible to ask questions to the head of Directorate via a live broadcast.
The live broadcast is available on the page of the city mayor’s office @akimat_shymkent. All questions received through the social network will be answered
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