ABOUT SUCCESS OF MONGOLIANS AT INT'L BOXING TOURNAMENT

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The first “Ulgii Cup” international boxing tournament ran in Ulgii city, a center of Bayan-Ulgii aimag, on August 25-29. It was exclusive as it became a trial before the grand tournaments such as Asian Cup and World University Championship. Over 100 top athletes from Mongolia, Russia, China and Kazakhstan have competed in the events in ten weights categories of men and in women’s 44kg. A Mongolian team was led by D.Bandi, the People’s Teacher and the state Honored coach. The team won nine gold, six silver, and 13 bronze medals, thus making Mongolian National League the champion of this tournament. It was followed by a team of Mongolian Bayan-Ulgii aimag’s Sports Committee. The state Honored athlete N.Tugstsogt grabbed a gold medal in the men’ 56kg category. In women’s 44 kg, all winners were from Bayan-Ulgii aimag: B.Nurjamila–gGold, A.Janbota– silver, Ye.Tsetsegduren--bronze. A team of Kazakhstan won a "gold" in men 91kg, and three silver and two bronze medals in other categories, thus becoming the third in overall.