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Mongolian team wins Memoriad 2016
SportsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The national team of Mongolia championed the quadrennial mental sports competition – Memoriad 2016, held in Las Vegas, the USA. The competition lasted for three days, challenging 167 mental athletes from 27 countries, including the US, Germany, South Korea, Japan, India, the UK, Australia and others, in 13 categories.
The team members, aged between 7 and 24 years, secured 15 medals and broke two world records.
The Memoriad is hailed as the Mental Olympic Games.
The team members are:
1. Grand Master S.Tsogbadrakh, 24, 2012 olympic record holder
2. International Grand Master E.Enkhmunkh, 18, 2014 Teenage World Champion
3. International Grand Master E.Purevjav, 17, 2015 Teenage World Champion
4. Grand Master B.Shijir-Erdene, 16, Champion of the American Open
5. International Grand Master T.Enkhjin, 18, Champion of Taiwanese Open
6. Master of Asia Z.Tsetsegzul, 16, World record holder
7. International Master B.Ariunsanaa, 14, world championships bronze medalist
8. N.Namuundari, 12, junior champion of Taiwanese Open
9. M.Tamir, 12, junior champion of Taiwanese Open
10. B.Bat-Erdene, 12, Champion of Turkish Open
11. B.Khangal, 11, bronze medalist of Turkish Open
12. B.Binderya, 8
13. D.Gerelt-Od, 8, fourth place holder of Turkish Open
14. B.Enkhluun, 7
Please see detailed results at http://www.memoriad.com/index.asp?s=yarismalar&b=yarisma-detay&yarismaid=74d6c4d3363ef1872200d4cb976f7c26&lang=EN#results
