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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Mongolian senior judoists won medals in the Masters' Judo World Championship held November 8-11 in Miami, USA. On the first day, N.Batsuuri (men's -66 kg M6), N.Lhagvasuren (men's +100 kg M7) grabbed silver medals; L.Zandan (men's -66 kg M6) and G.Jalaa (men's +100 kg M7) won bronze medals. The second day was heralded by gold medals garbbed by three judoists international masters of sports D.Suldbayar (men's 73 kg M1), G.Dashdavaa (81 kg M1) and O.Bold-Erdene (90 kg M1). An international master of sports D.Batsaikhan (90 kg M2) won a bronze medal as well. ** ** ** Judoists of the national team are having an intensive training to compete in the Qindao Grand Prix tournament to run November 24-25 in Qindao, China. Mongolia will be represented by young judoists mainly. Apart of this, State Honored Sportsmen and Olympic medalists Kh.Tsagaanbaatar and S.Nyam-Ochir will compete in the Tokyo Grand Slam to be held from November 30 to December 2. ** ** ** Wrestlers won medals in the Sambo Wrestling World Championships which took place November 8-11 in Minsk, Belarus. This year's world championship ran in men's and women's categories as well as in military category with a participation of wrestlers from 64 countries. An international master of sports D.Sumya won a gold medal in the women's 56 kg contest, defeating her rival from Bulgaria at the final round. T.Battogs (women's 60 kg) and S.Solongogerel (women's 52 kg) won silver and bronze medals, respectively. ** ** ** A State Honored Sportsman and professional boxer Choi.Tseveenpurev has lost the World champion title of the IBO after being defeated by his rival from Indonesia Daud Chino Yordan. The fight for the champion title took place on November 9 in the Marina Bay Sands resort, Singapore. A win has been awarded to the Indonesian boxer by a referee's decision after 12-round fight. B.Khuder