Western athletes try their hand at Kyrgyzstan’s Nomad Games西方运动员尝试参加吉尔吉斯斯坦游牧民族运动会。
ISSYK-KUL REGION, Kyrgyzstan Sept 10 (Reuters) - Clutching a bow and arrow and riding helmet in a remote gorge in northern Kyrgyzstan, London-based executive coach Becca Sweetman is a long way from home.
Riders representing teams Uzbekistan and Mongolia compete in a Kokpar match during the VI World Nomad Games, an international cultural and ethnic sporting event, at a hippodrome in Cholpon-Ata in the Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyzstan, September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
ISSYK-KUL REGION, Kyrgyzstan Sept 10 (Reuters) - Clutching a bow and arrow and riding helmet in a remote gorge in northern Kyrgyzstan, London-based executive coach Becca Sweetman is a long way from home.
"About eight years ago a friend asked if I wanted to have a go at horseback archery and I just got hooked on this amazing sport," she said.
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2026年9月4日，在吉尔吉斯斯坦伊塞克湖州乔尔蓬阿塔赛马场举行的第六届世界游牧民族运动会（一项国际文化和民族体育赛事）上，代表乌兹别克斯坦和蒙古队的骑手们正在进行科克帕尔（Kokpar）比赛。路透社/帕维尔·米赫耶夫
吉尔吉斯斯坦伊塞克湖地区 9 月 10 日（路透社）——身在吉尔吉斯斯坦北部偏远峡谷中，手持弓箭，头戴头盔，伦敦的执行教练贝卡·斯威特曼离家很远。
“大约八年前，一位朋友问我想不想尝试一下骑马射箭，我就迷上了这项精彩的运动，”她说。
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