PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE HEAD ATTENDS OPENING OF NAT'L UNIVERSIADE

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Head of the Parliamentary Office P.Tsagaan addressed an opening ceremony of the 3rd University Sports Games of Mongolia (USGM) ran on Thursday in the Palace of Sports. On behalf of himself and the State Head, P.Tsagaan congratulated all contenstands of the Games and wished them big success. The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the Union of Mongolian Students (UMS) are co-organizing the universiade together with the Ministry of Education and Science, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This year's Games is running in 15 kinds of summer and winter sports--boxing, volleyball, woodball, basketball, athletics, ski, speed skating, chess, tennis, indoor football, aerobics, handball, judo, freestyle wrestling and national wrestling. Winners of some events will be qualified to compete in the FISU 27th Summer Universiade to run July 6-17 in Kazan, Russia. B.Khuder