OLYMPIC MEDALISTS TO RECEIVE CASH PRIZES

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Athletes who won medals in the London Olympic Games and their coaches will receive cash prizes. This decision was made at a regular cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Accordingly, a State Honored Sportsman and Olympic silver medalist N.Togstsogt will receive MNT 60 million, the Olympic bronze medalists U.Monkh-Erdene (boxing) and Ms S.Battsetseg (freestyle wrestling)--MNT 30 million each. A boxing coach D.Ganzorig will get MNT 45 million, and a wrestling coach Z.Duvchin--MNT 15 million. Before this, a State Honored Sportsman, Beijing Games champion and London Games silver medalist N.Tuvshinbayar, and an international master of sports S.Nyam-Ochir already received cash prizes. B.Khuder