TWO MONGOLIANS LEAD IJF RANKINGS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian judokas topped the rankings of world judokas by the latest rankings released Thursday by the International Judo Federation. The rankings of judokas were updated after the 2014 World Judo Championships held last week in Chelyabinsk, Russia. A State Honored Sportswoman and 2013 World champion M.Urantsetseg kept her leadership in the women’s 48 kg category with 2,430 points, and a new World champion G.Boldbaatar IMS led the men’s 60 kg division with 2,456 points, being followed by Naohisa Takato of Japan, and Amiran Papinashvili, a Georgian judoka. A silver medallist of World Championships D.Amartuvshin was ranked eighth in this category with 1,042 points. An international master of sports D.Tomorkhuleg was ranked fifth in the men’s 66 kg, where a Brazilian judoka Charles Chibana (1,978 points) led the category. A State Honored Sportsman and Olympic bronze medallist Kh.Tsagaanbaatar was ranked fifth in the men’s 73 kg. D.Sumya IMS was listed in the ninth in the women’s 57 kg.