Today (11th of August), Olympic judoka champion N.Tuvshinbayar will wrestle in the men’s 100 kg category.

Mongolian President Ts.Elbegdorj has issued a decree to support traditional craft culture. Entitled ‘Mongolian craftsman’, an exhibition will take place early July. The exhibition will be held once every three years.

According to Mongolian law, athletes who have won medals from the Olympics and major international and regional sporting events are entitled  to receive a cash prize. In recent years, however, monetary awards for athletes and coaches has stopped.

Mongolian Prime Minister J.Erdenebat received the Ambassadors of China (8th of August) and USA  (9th of August).  

Mongolia’s 20,000 tugrik banknote has received a Bronze Certificate of Merit in the International Paper Money 2016 Contest which has been organised by the Institute for International Monetary Studies.

The Mongolian foreign exchange reserve decreased to USD 1296.60 Million in June from USD 1441.90 Million in May of 2016.

On the fourth day of Rio-2016 – Tuesday (9th August), Mongolian boxer D.Otgondalai in the men’s 60 kg category claimed his first victory over Enrico La Cruz of the Netherlands, thus making it to the final eight. D.Otgondalai has entered the final 16 by walkovers. 

After ASEM (Asia-European summit meeting), Ulaanbaatar is to host the XI International Congress of Mongolists (ICM). Under the auspices of President Ts.Elbegdorj, the 11th Congress is to convene from 15 to 18 of August. In total 400 academics from 29 countries will have discussions under themes of ‘Linguistic Studies’, ‘Studies in History and Archaeology’, ‘Studies of Arts and Culture’, ‘Socio-Economic Studies’ and ‘Studies of Civilization and Regional Relations’.

Mongolian athletes are successfully competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In total, 43 athletes have qualified for the Games.

ournalists who have covered ten or more Olympic Games during their careers and have shown outstanding dedication spanning over three decades, were honoured with a limited edition of Rio 2016 replica torches provided by AIPS Gold Partners and the official Olympic merchandiser ”Honav”.