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Mongolian Freestyle Wrestlers Claim Two Silver Medals at the Ivan Yarygin Cup 2025
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Ulaanbaatar, January 30, 2025 /MONTSAME/. On January 23-26, 2025, the 36th Ivan Yarygin Cup, an A-class international freestyle wrestling competition named after the two-time Olympic champion Ivan Yarygin, took place in Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Federation, where the Mongolian team claimed two silver medals.
The Ivan Yarygin Cup 2025 brought together around 250 freestyle wrestlers from 23 countries, who competed in ten weight categories. Representing Mongolia, a team of four male and four female wrestlers, including World Champion Tserenchimed Sukhee, silver medalists of the World Championships Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan and Davaanasan Enkh-Amar, took part in the competition under the guidance of the coach of “Aldar” Sports Committee and Honored Athlete of Mongolia B. Odonchimeg. Specifically, in the women’s 68 kg weight category, Silver Medalist of the World Championships Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan earned the silver medal, while in the women’s 76 kg weight category, Silver Medalist of the World Championships Davaanasan Enkh-Amar claimed the silver medal.
Mongolian wrestlers usually participate in large numbers in this tournament held in Russia. However, this year, as the competition overlapped with the Mongolian National Freestyle Wrestling Championship, only a limited number of athletes competed.
