A young Mongolian athlete, who is Olympic bronze medalist judoka,  has been awarded the title of "honoured athlete of Kazakhstan". G.Otgontsetseg, aged 24, who took bronze at the Rio Olympics, now becomes the third judoka to be an honoured athlete in Kazakhstan.

On Tuesday (16th of November), G.Otgontsetseg became champion of the National Judo Cup of Kazakhstan for the second time. The young Mongolian defeated all her rivals clearly in the women’s 48kg category.

G.Otgontsetseg took the first medal for Kazakhstan at the Rio-2016 Olympic Games in August. She has been representing the Central Asian country since 2015, during which time, she has taken five gold, two silver and three bronze in international 10 competitions including the Olympics, the Asian Judo Championship and the Grand Slam. The International Judo Federation has named her best judoka of the year. G.Otgontsetseg will compete at the Grand Slam to be held in Tokyo from  2nd  to 4th of December.

Her coach, fellow Mongolian, D.Enkhbaatar signed an agreement to train the Kazakh team until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He starts work in November.