Ulaanbaatar
“Athletes from Kazakhstan could represent Mongolia at international competitions”
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Member of parliament O.Baasankhuu received Tuesday medalists of the Rio 2016 Olympics, their coaches and officials, in the State House.
Present at the meeting were D.Sumiya, a State Honored Sportswoman and Olympic silver medalist; G.Otgontsetseg IMS, an Olympic bronze medalist, who have represented Kazakhstan; B.Pagva, the vice president of the East Asian Judo Union and the Judo Association of Mongolia; Kh.Erdenet-Od, coach of the national team of Mongolia; and B.Enkhbaatar, a coach.
The parliamentarian congratulated the Olympic medalists on their brilliant success, and wished them become Olympic champions in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He highlighted that G.Otgontsetseg's victory represents all Mongolians although she grabbed the Olympic medal, representing Kazakhstan. He applauded growing accomplishments of Mongolian athletes at international arenas.
B.Pagva thanked the parliamentarian for the audience, and underlined a political support to success in sports.
“Our athlete won an Olympic medal, representing Kazakhstan. The physical culture committee of Kazakhstan informed us about a possibilty of sending 2nd class athletes to compete for Mongolia at international competitions of sports which have not become highly developed yet in Mongolia. This is a chance to develop winter sports in Mongolia,” he said.
Apart from the athlete import issues, B.Pagva pointed out Mongolia is one the brink of losing its right of hosting the annual Chinggis Khaan Grand Prix tournament due to a financial problem, so he asked the MP to focus attention to tackling the financial matter for the competition.
“Ulaanbaatar has been successfully organizing the Chinggis Khaan Grand Prix annually for four years. It has been selected twice as the top contest by the International Judo Federation. We promote our country to over 180 countries through hosting this competition,” he stressed.
