Yangi Nafas - Ekiden Competition

      On April 28, 2024, Yangi Nafas - Ekiden Competition Was Organized on the Territory of Yangi Uzbekistan Park, in Which 75 of the Declared 142 Teams Took Part

The competition was attended by representatives of military and law enforcement agencies, students from the country’s leading universities and corporate teams. The Yangi Nafas Ekiden BYD competition is part of the group of Yangi Nafas races organized by the Athletics Federation of Uzbekistan in order to develop mass sports and popularize a healthy lifestyle among the population. The organizers of Yangi Nafas - Ekiden BYD are the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent city administration, the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Uzbekneftegaz JSC, the National Olympic Committee, the National Guard, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Youth Affairs Agency, Federation of Trade Unions. Direct management is exercised by the Athletics Federation of Uzbekistan. 

Ekiden is a team competition aimed at strengthening the spirit of cooperation and unity among sports fans.

For reference: ekiden is a Japanese road relay race. The word consists of two hieroglyphs: “eki” means “station”, “den” - “transmit”. This is how postal communication between cities in Japan was previously arranged.

Each team consisted of 7 participants, where each runner accounted for one of 7 segments (3.3 km) of the distance on the territory of Yangi O‘zbekistan park. Then, according to the conditions of the ekiden, the relay ribbon was passed to the next participant. Yangi Nafas Ekiden BYD competitions were held among men, women and mixed relay. The total prize fund of the competition amounted to 185 million soums. For first place, teams in nominations received 7,000,000 UZS, for second place – 5,600,000 UZS, for third place – 4,200,000 UZS. 

The Uzbekistan Airways team took 67th place. Each team member completed their part of the distance responsibly and with dignity, thereby demonstrating cohesion and coherence in teamwork, where united efforts and team spirit affect the overall result. This was the first experience of our airline team at the scale of republican sporting events.