THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL GAMES, WHICH ARE TRADITIONAL SPORTS GAMES, BUT NOT INCLUDED IN THE CATEGORY OF OLYMPIC GAMES, ON THE GENEPOND OF THE UZBEKISTAN PEOPLE

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This article analyzes the impact of traditional sports games, but not included in the category of Olympic Games, on the gene pool of the Uzbek people. The role of national sports games such as wrestling, uloq-ko'kari, belt wrestling, tug-of-war, and stone lifting in strengthening the physical and mental abilities of the Uzbek people formed over the centuries is incomparable. These games increased the physical health, endurance, and stamina of the people, and served to strengthen the gene pool. Also, through national games, qualities such as courage, patience, and teamwork were formed in theyounger generation. Key words:Sports games, mass sports, Olympic Games, uloq-ko'kari, UNESCO, Ethnosport. Traditional sports of the Uzbek people have a rich history, and although some of them are not included in the category of Olympic Games, they play an important role in the culture and upbringing of the people. In our society, large-scale work is being carried out aimed at forming a healthy lifestyle, creating conditions that meet the requirements of the time for the population, especially the younger generation, to regularly engage in physical education and mass sports, strengthening young people's confidence in their own will, strength and capabilities through sports competitions, developing feelings of courage and patriotism, loyalty to the Motherland, as well as systematically organizing the selection of talented athletes from among young people, and further developing physical education and mass sports. Our country's representatives are achieving high results in the Olympic Games, world championships, Asian Games and championships, and international competitions, Uzbekistan's prestige and sports potential in the world are further increasing, and magnificent sports facilities that meet world standards are being builtin theregions of ourrepublic[1; 56]. Uzbek national games have a long past, a rich history, are considered one of our spiritual wealth and values, which have been passed down from ancestors to generations as a legacy. From the first days of our country's independence, great attention has been paid to the revival of our national values, traditions and customs, including folk games. Now the popularization and development of national sports and folk games has risen to the level of state policy. Along with traditional sports, national sports and folk games are also increasingly developing. Traditional sports play an important role in preserving the rich heritage of peoples and passing them on to future generations[2; 249-259.]. The Uzbek people have been famous for centuries for their wrestlers and legendary riders, who became the founders of national sports of Uzbekistan, such as Kurash, Belbogli Kurash, Uloq-kupkari, Turon, and Boykurgan. These sports are imbued with the national spirit and play an important role in the formation of qualities such as agility and dexterity in young people, and in their growth as sharp-witted and handsome men. Thanks to the reforms being carried out in our country, an opportunity has arisen to demonstrate to the world our national sport, which is rightfully the cultural heritage of Uzbekistan[9; 46]. National sports page1268 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue03,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai such as kurash, belbogli kurash, Uzbekmartial arts, Turanian wrestling, qarbtep andulaq kopkari have taken their place among international sports. Today, these national sports are included in ethnosports, and the whole world competes in these sports. National sports and folk games inour country can be divided into 6 areas: active, intellectual, military, board, shepherd and hunting games. The concept of "traditional games" is widely used in the world and includes various traditional types of physical activity. Traditional games have been declared by UNESCO as an integral part of the cultural heritage of humanity, and they serve to restore ethnic and cultural identity and cultural diversity [5; 425]. Ethnosport is a new institutional form that combines traditional types of physical activity, including national sports and traditional games of indigenous peoples, which are being revived everywhere as national values. It is also worth noting that attention is being paid at thegovernment level to our ancient values ​ ​ - folk games and national sports. In November 2019, a joint meeting of the World Ethnosports Council and the World Strongman Federation (WSF) Council was held in the capital of Uzbekistan, at which plans for cooperation within the framework of the alliance were approved. In December 2019, at the meeting of the 14th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Bogota (Colombia), a decision was made to accredit the World Ethnosports Council as a consultative partner for the implementat