SUMO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TO TAKE PLACE HERE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Sumo World Championships will be held for the first time in Mongolia in 2016. It was reported on Thursday by Kyukushuzan D.Batbayar, a president of Mongolia’s Sumo Federation. Together with him were O.Togoldor, D.Gankholboo, the MSF secretaries; and G.Naranbat, a sumo world champion, at a press conference at “Mongol News” info-center. A bid for selecting the host country took place August 29 of 2014 in Kaoshiung city, Chinese Taipei, at which Mongolia defeated Egypt. It is expected that the World Championship will be scheduled on July 30-31 of 2016 at the “Buyant-Ukhaa” sport complex. In frames of hosting the World Championship, Mongolia proposes organizing World Cup of Top Teams. Moreover, works have started to establish a sumo lyceum at the “Tsetsee gun” institute, said O.Togoldor.