World Nomad Games - Kyrgyzstan
If the Olympics were held on Tatooine, they might look something like the World Nomad Games. Held every two years, they came back to Kyrgyzstan in September 2026.
Competitors came from around 90 countries, although it does feel a bit out of place to see Team USA field a Kok-boru team, or Team GB compete in horseback archery. Not so much of an Irish presence except for us two spectators
Kok-Boru: Russia-Kyrgyzstan slug it out in final group game
An Uzbek horseback archer runs the course at Kyrchyn Gorge
No shortage of local Kyrgyz support
Posing for Jimmy Nelson
Kok-Boru: Russia-Kyrgyzstan in final group game
Kyrchyn Gorge - Venue for many of the World Nomad Games events
