Ulaanbaatar
Cash prize awarded to Olympic medal winners
VideoA ceremony took place on Tuesday in the State House to grant cash prize certificates to medalists of the Rio-de-Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and their coaches.
Prime Minister Mr J.Erdenebat handed over the certificates to Ms D.Sumiya, an Olympic silver medalist in judo, Mr D.Otgondalai, an Olympic bronze medalist in boxing; Mr O.Baljinnyam, chief coach of the national judo team of Mongolia and Mr D.Batsuren, a chief coach of the national boxing team.
In accordance with a governmental resolution, an Olympic silver medalist will receive a cash prize of 60 million tugrics, a bronze medalist--MNT 30 million while their coaches will receive cash equivalent to half of their athletes’ prizes.
During the ceremony, Prime Minister has congratulated the two athletes on winning the Olympic medals on behalf of himself and the government. He wished Mongolian athletes more success at the next Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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