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Top Mongolian mind athletes to compete on World Memory Tour

Mongolia’s memory athletes have been very successful in international competitions in recent years, earning them the admiration of their fellow countrymen as well as deserved international acclaim. Mongolia’s memory athletic success has been demonstrated by several IQ rankings placing the

The Gobi Desert Cup

The Gobi Desert Cup will be held from 27 August to 6 September starting in the capital of Ulaanbaatar and travelling through the Gobi Desert. The Gobi Desert Cup is a multistage endurance race on Mongolian horses unlike any other

Japan gives training grant to Mongolian athletes for Tokyo Olympics

Mongolian athletes training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have received a grant of 50 million Mongolian Tugriks (US$ 18,750) from Japan.

The financial boost to support their training was handed over by Kawauchi Shiro, Japan’s Cultural Envoy to Mongolia,

Mongolian Olympic medalist boxer turns to the professional ring

State-honoured athlete D.Otgondalai who was a bronze medalist of Rio-2016 has turned to professional boxing. Currently, he is training at Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Los Angeles with IBO champion N.Tugstsogt – better known as ‘King Tug’.

Since July, D.Otgondalai has

Day of unity: marking Mongolia’s first Olympic gold medal

Mongolia made its Olympic debut in Tokyo in 1964. The country sent a total of twenty-one athletes representing four sporting categories. That first outing served as a very good learning experience for the Mongolian athletes because in the 1968 Summer

Two Mongolian wrestlers tested positive for doping

The Mongolian National Olympic Committee has received the results after samples from 16 of the 1,024 wrestlers who competed in the Naadam festival were sent to a laboratory in South Korea for testing. During a tournament, the National Anti-Doping Centre

Mongolian officers to compete in World Police & Fire Games

The 2019 World Police & Fire Games is being held in Chengdu in the Chinese province of Sichuan. The games are a biennial athletic event, open to active and retired law enforcement and fire service personnel from across the world.