[Explanation] On September 15, in the 2000-meter camel race at the 10th Xinjiang Traditional Minority Sports Games (hereinafter referred to as the National Games), camels from Keping County, Aksu Prefecture finally won the second prize with their riders.

In the last race, this stubborn camel retired from the race because it did not obey the rider's command and deviates from the track, so the camel's performance in this race was particularly eye-catching.

　　[Commentary] Maimaiti Mirzi is the owner of this stubborn camel. According to him, although this camel is only 6 years old, it is the champion camel in the Keping County Camel Competition in 2021. This time he has a total of Bring 2 camels

　　[Concurrent] Camel owner Maimaiti Mirz

　　Because my camel is still young, I only participated in small camel races in the county town before. I have never participated in such a large race and I have little experience, so my camel performance was not very good, but I am confident that I will train camels well after I go back. Strive to achieve good results in the next National Games.

　　[Explanation] In addition to good bloodlines, an excellent racing camel also requires a body that is wide and narrow, well-developed limbs, less hair, and starts training from the age of 3.

As the coach of the Aksu Sai camel project, Eskeljan Amat introduced to reporters that camels seem to have a docile temperament, but they are actually stubborn and difficult to tame. the fun of the game.

　　[Concurrent] Camel race coach Eskeljan Amat in Aksu, Xinjiang

　　The camel we brought from Keping County has strong stamina and large nostrils. When running, there is a lot of air in, and the hoof is slightly larger than that of ordinary camels. This camel was also selected from Wanfeng camels in Keping County. Very good camel.

　　[Explanation] In recent years, various states in Xinjiang have continuously excavated and organized traditional ethnic sports such as camel racing, and made them protected and inherited, such as archery, horse racing, ethnic wrestling, etc., which have become national and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region-level non-governmental sports Material cultural heritage, and included in the official event of the National Games.

　　[Concurrent] Liang Jian, Deputy Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture

　　Through our competitions, we promote the development of intangible cultural heritage projects, attract our young people who like to love, and finally devote themselves to these sports, thus effectively promoting the inheritance and development of our projects.

　　Reported by Chu Xu and Li Mingfei from Bole City, Xinjiang

Responsible editor: [Song Fangcan]