A brand-new, dedicated archery facility for both elite and amateur athletes opened in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar earlier this month.

Built in under 60 days, around 1000 people donated to the USD 120,000 project. It is situated within Ulaanbaatar’s National Garden Park, a large recreational area in the south of the city.

The field, named “360”, can support 32 targets at up to 90 metres, has a winter cover and boasts a huge set of Olympic rings as a backdrop.

Measuring 27 metres across and 13 metres in hight, the intention is to have the rings recognised by the Guinness Records as the world’s largest. They are designed to symbolise the emergence of a future Mongolian Olympic Champion.

D.Baatarjav won the country’s first Paralympic medal when he took gold in the recurve men’s standing event in Beijing in 2008.

Mongolia has developed archery as a sport since the 1960. Of course, archery is an important part of Mongolian life and is one of the traditional “three manly sports”, along with horse-riding and wrestling.