M.Urantsetseg wins gold medal in Grand Prix
SportsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On the first day of the Tashkent Judo Grand Prix tournament kicked off Thursday in Uzbekistan, a State Honored Sportswoman and World champion M.Urantsetseg claimed a gold medal in the women’s 48 bout.
Having a bye in the first round, Urantsetseg defeated her rivals of China, Russia and Kazakhstan. At the final contest, she beat Jeong Bo Kyeong of South Korea.
The same day, an international master of sports D.Altansukh won a bronze medal in the men’s -66 bout after beating a Georgian opponent Vazha Margvelashvili at the repechage round.
According to overall medal table, the Mongolian national team was ranked 3rd after Japan and South Korea on the first day.