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National judo team shows excellent performance in Paris
VideoThe Mongolian national judo team represented by 17 athletes has enjoyed a wealth of success at the Paris Grand Slam 2015 tournament which took place on October 17 and 18.
By winning two gold, one silver and four bronze medals our judokas took the third position in a team standings.
440 judokas from 84 nations have attended this year’s Paris Grand Slam which is called the small World Championships and which is one of the Rio-2016 Olympics qualification competition. A winner in each weight category receives 500 points, silver medalist - 300 points, bronze medalist -200 points, fifth place holders -100 points and seventh place winners receive 80 Olympic points.
On the first day of the event, M.Urantsetseg won gold in the women’s 48 kg, D.Tumurkhuleg grabbed gold in the men’s 66 kg weight category. By winning five medals on the first day Mongolian judokas were leading in the team standings.
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