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Wed, 05/04/2016 - 15:07
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Freestyle wrestlers to compete for Olympic quotas at last chance

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Three athletes of the Mongolian national freestyle wrestling team have left for Turkey to take part in the 2nd tournament of the 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification to be held on May 6-8 in Istanbul. D.Khuderbulga IMS will compete in the men’s -97 kg bout, E.Narangerel--in the women’s -48 kg, and State Honored Sportswoman O.Burmaa--in the women’s -75 kg at the tournament. Top three competitors in each weight class for the men and top two competitors for the women will be qualified for the 2016 Olympics. The “First last chance” 2016 World Wrestling 1st Olympic Qualifier which took place on April 22-24 in Ulaanbaatar awarded 48 Olympic quotas. Hungary claimed four Olympic quotas; Armenia, China, Turkey, USA and Uzbekistan--three quotas each; Belarus, Georgia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Venezuela--two quotas each; other 15 countries--one quota each. As of today, Mongolia bagged 24 quotas in archery, athletics, boxing, shooting, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling. More quotas are expected to be grabbed in judo, boxing, wrestling and cycling.

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