at the VII International Ethnosport forum, which was held in St. Petersburg on April 19-20, the award presentation was held. The current forum was held under the motto “Revival of traditional sports”.
, in the framework of the forum, in which representatives of 75 countries took part, panels, strategic sessions and discussions were organized, which discussed the development and sustainability prospects of traditional sports. The global communication partner of the forum was the Anadola agency.
The Turkish athlete Aishegul Demirbag Chalshkan, who won the gold medal at the V -World Games of Nomads in Kazakhstan, was awarded the award.
The ceremony was also attended by the President of the World Ethno -Sports Confederation Bilal Erdogan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin became a laureate of the Prize for “Leadership in Ethnosport.” The award for the President of Russia received the Minister of Sports, the head of the Olympic Committee of the country Mikhail Degtyarev.
Bilal Erdogan made a final speech at the forum. “We again witnessed the fact that despite the rapidly changing world, our connection with our roots is unshakable and strong enough to offer humanity a new hope and direction. Discussions and exchange of views on the forum once again contributed to the rapprochement of cultures and the vision of the future, separated by participants from all over the world,” he said.
Bilal Erdogan emphasized that it is incorrect to consider traditional sports “relics of the past.” “Traditional sports and games are by no means removal of the past, on the contrary, are a source of hope for the future of mankind,” said the head of the federation.
The ceremony also submitted a report on the V -World Games of Nomads in Kazakhstan.
