FENCERS WIN FIRST MEDAL AT INT’L COMPETITION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian fencers successfully competed in the “Guangzhou-2014” international open tournament recently ran in Guangzhou, China. An athlete from the “Khangarid” sports club B.Batkhuu grabbed a gold medal in the epee contest. Fencers from “UB Fencing” club E.Enkhtulga and T.Anarsaikhan won silver and bronze medals, respectively. On the second day of the tournament, the epee team of Mongolia with B.Batkhuu, E.Bat-Erdene, E.Enkhtulga and T.Anarsaikhan won a gold medal, defeating a team of Hong Kong. This year’s tournament attracted some 500 fencers of China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and China’s Macau. Our five athletes were coached by Alexander Rovnyagin. Prior to these competitions, the Mongolians had a two-week joint training in Chinese Guangzhou.