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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Senior athletes grabbed 18 medals in the 17th Asia Masters Athletics Championship which took place November 2-7 in Chinese Taipei. This year's events brought together 8,000 senior athletes. Mongolia was represented by a team of 27 people. They have collected the medals in the long and short-distance hurdles, shot put, discus and javelin throw. ** ** ** A State Honored Sportsman and Olympic bronze medalist Kh.Tsagaanbaatar will compete in the single tournament for master judoists of men's 66 kg to run December 5 in Moscow, Russia. Initiated by Russia's Judo Federation (RJF), the tournament will be co-organized by the International Judo Federation (IJF) together with the RJF among top 16 judoists by the IJF's latest rankings. Apart of Kh.Tsagaanbaatar, other top-ranked judoists have been invited from Russia, Japan and Georgia. According to the organizers, the prize fund has EUR 66 thousand, and the winner will receive EUR 30 thousand. ** ** ** Senior judoists have left for the USA to compete in the Masters' Judo World Championship to be held November 8-11 in Miami, Florida. The Mongolian team has comprised State Honored Sportsmen G.Jamsran, D.Battulga; international masters of sports D.Batsaikhan, Ya.Dorj, S.Erkhembayar, Ts.Ochirbat and J.Nyamdorj. B.Khuder