Atyrau athletes gear up for fifth World Nomad Games

Atyrau athletes gear up for fifth World Nomad Games

The fifth World Nomad Games are just around the corner. Three Kazakh athletes from Atyrau are set to compete in the large-scale sporting event in Astana. Among them are Nurzhan Sarsengaliyev, an expert in Kyrgyz wrestling, Arman Koshkarov, known for his skills in hunting with birds of prey, and Marat Beksultan, a multiple-time champion in archery. Beksultan acknowledges that the competition at the Games will be tough, with main rivals coming from Hungary, Indonesia, Türkiye, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Russia. Archery requires not only strength and precision but, above all, concentration.

«Traditional archery demands intense concentration and attention to detail. Besides technique, success in archery depends 50-60 percent, or even up to 70 percent, on concentration. If you cannot focus, you will not achieve good results,» said archer Marat Beksultan.