Mongolians to take part in Winter Universiade of 2015

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian ski racers will take part in the 2015 Winter Universiade that will be held for the first time in two countries--Slovakia and Spain from January 24 to February 14. Spain’s Grenada city will host alpine skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, short track speed skating and snowboarding. Four events--biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined and ski jumping--will run in Strbske Pleso and Osrblie cities of Slovakia. Mongolia will be represented in the cross-country skiing by four selected from the Institute of Physical Culture, State University of Education, University of Defense and University of Science and Culture. They are led by B.Battulga, a skiing coach of the Mongolian University Sports Federation. University athletes of Mongolia participated in the Winter Universiade for the first time in 1991 in Sapporo of Japan.