B. Khulan Wins Bronze at Judo Cadet World Championships 2025

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n.urin@montsame.gov.mn
2025-08-28 12:21:00

Ulaanbaatar, August 28, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The OTP Group Cadet World Championships 2025 is underway in Sofia, the Republic of Bulgaria.

 

Out of the four Mongolian athletes who participated in the tournament on August 27, 2025, an athlete of the Mon-Altius Tsagaanbaatar Academy, Khulan B, won Mongolia’s first medal of the Championships in the -40 kg weight class. In this weight category, 17 athletes competed. B. Khulan received a bye in the first round, then defeated Kazakhstan’s wrestler Pryakhina Ulyana by a clear victory. However, in the quarterfinals, she lost to Uzbekistan’s Kolucheva Alina by a waza-ari. In the repechage, she defeated the Algerian opponent, and in the bronze medal match, she beat Russia’s Saifutdinova Emiliia by yuko.

 

Fourteen-year-old Khulan, competing in the World Championships for the first time, trains at Mong-Altius High School of Mon-Altius Tsagaanbaatar Academy under the leadership of Kh. Tsagaanbaatar, O. Uuganbaatar, and D. Battuvshin. The cadet judoka won the National Cadet Championship this year, securing her right to compete on the global stage.

 

Six Mongolian judokas are set to wrestle in the men’s 60 and 66 kg, as well as the women’s 48 and 52 kg, matches to take place on August 28, 2025. In the men’s 60 kg division, N. Tegsh-Ochir received a bye in the opening round. In the same weight class, B. Tsolmon-Od is set to face Ko Po-Erh of Chinese Taipei. In the 66 kg category, Ch. Temuulen will compete against Azdanin Ashraf of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

 

In the women’s events, A. Misheel will meet Anamarija Stojmilovska of the Republic of North Macedonia in the 48 kg division, while A. Khongorzul is scheduled to face Leyla Alakbarova of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, in the 52 kg weight class, B. Gundegmaa received a bye in the first round and is set to face the winner of the match between the representatives of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden in the second round, according to the draw.