MONGOLIAN WINS NEW YORK MARATHON

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian amputee runner Ms O.Saranchuluun has won the “TCS New York marathon”, which took place November 2. Together with 70 thousand runners she crossed 42 km distance and managed to cover it in eight hours and 15 minutes. In this marathon, ranking third in the world, has participated also another Mongolian P.Enkhmanlai who became one of the first twenty in a category of athletes on wheelchairs, He finished the race within two hours and 15 minutes. The marathon was globally broadcasted live at NBC-5.