Ulaanbaatar
Opening ceremony held for 4th Universiade
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ An opening ceremony was held on March 27, Monday at Central Sports Palace for Universiade - 2017 national multi-sport event of university athletes which is currently taking place.
Since 2005, the Universiade has been organized every four years in 14-18 types of sports, uniting more than 70 thousand students, and the 4th Universiade is garnering Mongolian university athletes to compete in 12 types of sports this year.
As of the opening ceremony, freestyle wrestling, volleyball, ski and judo competitions had concluded, and the volleyball winners were presented with their medals during the ceremony.
In April, chess, table tennis, handball and aerobics competitions will take place at different venues. More competitions on woodball and athletics are to take place in May when the Universiade will also conclude with a closing ceremony.
