Mongolia shows absolute success at Asian Open Championships

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2017-08-28 14:14:10
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Memory athletes of the Mongolian Intellectual Academy, coaches and referees made brilliant success at the Asia Open Memory Championship 2017 concluded on August 27 in Hong Kong.

The tournament was attended by some 150 athletes of 11 countries competed in ten events with junior, youth and senior age divisions. The Mongolian team claimed 28 gold, 25 silver and 20 bronze medals out of 90 medals of the competition.

Our athletes set six world records. They took first three places in the three age categories. By the personal result, N.Munkhshur IGM, a Youth World champion, won the tournament after overall results of the all matches. By doing so, she has gone up to 2nd place in the senior world ranking. Moreover, E.Lhagvadulam IM captured a gold medal in the youths’ division, while B.Ariunbileg won the junior division.

This is the second championship title of Mongolia in the Asia Open Memory Championships. As of today, Mongolia collected 685 medals in international competitions. 
B.Khuder