Mongolian football team wins silver medal
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football team won a silver medal at the 15th Special Olympics World
Summer Games taking place in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
Yesterday, March 19,
Mongolian team played for gold, but was defeated by Pakistani team by 1:0. Before
the final, Mongolian team won New Zealand by 5:4, China by 4:0 and the Bahamas by
2:1.
Mongolia is being
represented by 28 athletes in the Special Olympics and has grabbed 12 medals so
far. About 7500 athletes of 190 countries are competing in 24 kinds of sport in
the Special Olympics which will conclude on March 22.