Mongolian and Russian athletes will compete in combat sport in Novosibirsk on 27-30th of October. N.Tuvshinbayar, who is a 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2016 Asian championship Gold medalist is leading the Mongolian team; the Russian team is led by two-time Olympic Champion (2012, 2016) and two-time World Champion (2011, 2015), and a two-time European Champion (2012, 2013) Roman Vlasov. However, the team leaders won’t be participating in the competition.

The following athletes are included in the Mongolian team:

1. Boxing –E.Bayarkhuu (64kg)
2. Judo – G.Boldbaatar (60kg)
3. Freestyle wrestling – D.Tsogtbaatar (61kg)
4. Sambo – B.Damlanpurev (62kg)
5. Kickboxing – S.Batjargal (67kg)
6. Muay Thai – B.Gantogtokh (60kg)
7. MMA – S.Sukhbold (66kg)
8. Taekwondo – P.Byambadorj (57kg)
9. Amateur wrestling – B.Khash-Erdene (65kg)

To mark the 95th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and Mongolian, the two countries have been organising cultural, educational and scientific events. For example, the ‘Russian and Mongolian Cooperation-2016’ business forum will take place in Novosibirsk from 27th to 29th of October.