Ice climbers become Asian champions
SportsUlaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Mongolian
team grabbed two gold and one bronze medals at the series of UIAA Ice Climbing
World Cup 2020, which took place at the same time with UIAA Ice Climbing Asian
Championships Cheongsong 2020 in S.Korea on January 10-12.
In the
continental championship, international
master N.Kherlen competed in the men’s ‘speed’ contest, winning a gold medal with a total of
17.45 points, whilst sports’
master B. Ariunbayar grabbed another gold medal in the women’s ‘speed’ contest with
24.06 points.
D. Baasandorj
also won a bronze medal in speed with 20.95 points. D.Otgonkhuu and Ch.Mandakhbayar
took 8th and 16th places respectively.
The tournament
was attended by 105 athletes from 19 countries.