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A car-free day and Ulaanbaatar Marathon to coincide on 28 May

The Ulaanbaatar city administration announced a car-free day on 28 May, conveniently coinciding with the annual Ulaanbaatar Marathon.

The car-free day allows Ulaanbaatar residents to enjoy walking, cycling and skateboarding on main roads which usually busy with traffic.

Observed once in a

The longest and toughest horse race in the world

The Mongol Derby is a self-navigated, point-to-point endurance race based on Chinggis Khaan’s ancient Mongolian postal system from 1224. Using strong and resilient riders and horses, Khaan’s vast network of horse stations across his empire made it possible for important

2022 Asian Wrestling Championships kick off in Mongolia

The 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships kicked off in Ulaanbaatar’s Buyant-Ukhaa Sports Complex on Tuesday.

More than 250 Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers from 22 countries and regions including Mongolia, Japan, Iran, India, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and South Korea are participating in the championships,

The first Mongolian earns athletic scholarship in basketball

University of Dayton men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant announced Wednesday that Mike Sharavjamts has signed his letter of intent with the Dayton Flyer men’s basketball team. He is the first Mongolian citizen to earn a Division I athletic scholarship in

Mongolian Olympic judoka transitioning to MMA

New Mexico is known for some of the best fighters in the world and a Mongolian athlete is joining the list. Former Mongolian judoka M.Urantsetseg Munkhbat is training at JacksonWink MMA Academy in Albuquerque.

The 32-year-old is a legend in her