Ulaanbaatar
Olympic athletes receive allowance
SportsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Leaders of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MonNOC) Tuesday met qualified athletes for Olympics and gave them the Olympic allowance.
The latter was granted to the 17 selected athletes by D.Zagdsuren, the MonNOC president, and J.Khatanbaatar, a MonNOC vice president and the Chef de Mission of the Mongolian national team for the Rio 2016 Olympics. In accordance with the allowance program’s rule, the awarded ones must avoid any ethical problems and a use of any banned drugs. If they breach the rule, they shall be removed from the program.
During the London 2012 Olympics, the allowance program involved 10 athletes for boxing, judo, freestyle wrestling, shooting, archery and weightlifting.
