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Ya.Zorigtbaatar breaks Mongolian record at Universiade
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Organized by International University Sports Federation (FISU), the 28th “Winter Universiade 2017”, a multi-sports event is taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 10 Mongolian athletes are competing in the Winter Universiade 2017 from January 31 to February 5.
During a 500m speed skating contest held on February 1, Mongolian athlete Ya.Zorigtbaatar was ranked at 27th and set a new record for Mongolia with a record of 37.06 seconds. He also broke his own record of 37.94 seconds set at the 2016 ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating in Belarus.
The 18 year-old young athlete from “Aldar” sports committee, Ya.Zorigtbaatar is coached under D.Enkhbayar. In the 28th Winter Universiade, Mongolian best athletes, including M.Munkh-Od, Ya.Zorigtbaatar, B.Tulga and A.Zul have entered the speed skating contest under the coach J.Doljinsuren. From a total of 37 athletes competed in men’s 500m speed skating contest, the athletes from the Republic of Korea and Japan won the competition.
