2018 World Nomad Games

The 2018 World Nomad Games (Kyrgyz: Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары 2018, Russian: Всемирные игры кочевников 2018) was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 2 - 8 September 2018 with 37 sports being featured in the games. Featured sports include eagle hunting, bone throwing and kok-boru.[1] The opening ceremony was attended by President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. It was announced during the festival that Kyrgyzstan would not be hosting the games in 2020, saying that Turkey will be hosting the games that year.[2]

3rd World Nomad Games
Host cityCholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
MottoUnited Force, United in Spirit
Nations participating82
Athletes participatingOver 2000
Events37 sports
Opening ceremony2 September 2018
Closing ceremony8 September 2018
Officially opened byPresident of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov

37 sports[3][4][5] events were held, with 27 countries gaining medals.[6]

References
  1. "2018 World Nomad Games kick off in Kyrgyzstan". Tass.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. "Kyrgyzstan kicks off third World Nomad Games". Dailysabah.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128182340/http://worldnomadgames.com/en/schedule-events/
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128182417/http://worldnomadgames.com/en/sport/Flat-Racing/
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128192440/http://worldnomadgames.com/en/sport/
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20191129122636/http://worldnomadgames.com/en/medals/


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