{"id":7874,"date":"2021-08-17T18:52:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T01:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2021-09-14T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T16:50:48","slug":"mongolian-olympic-team-in-tokyo-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2021\/mongolian-olympic-team-in-tokyo-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Mongolian Olympic Team in Tokyo 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Zorigtkhuu Bat-Erdene\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A Mongolian National Olympic Team of 43 athletes participated in the 2020 Summer Olympic Game in Tokyo, Japan in ten different sports. \u00a0Mongolian athletes have been participating in every Summer Olympic Games since 1964 in Tokyo, except the one in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles due to its support of the Soviet Union boycott.<\/p>\n

The 43 athletes participated in the following sports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nSport<\/strong><\/td>\nMen<\/strong><\/td>\nWomen<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nArchery<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nAthletics<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBasketball (3X3)<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nBoxing<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nJudo<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nShooting<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nSwimming<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTable tennis<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nWeightlifting<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nWrestling Freestyle<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n18<\/strong><\/td>\n25<\/strong><\/td>\n43<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>First Mongolian team sport in Olympic history<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although many new and young athletes qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time, I want to emphasize the Mongolian Women’s 3×3 Basketball team. This is the first time ever Mongolia is participating in the Olympic Games with a team sport. The team is one of only eight countries that qualified for Tokyo 2020. However, two of the original members of the team, D.Ganzul and B.Bolor-Erdene were not able to participate in the Olympic game at the last minute. The head coach announced that these players were excluded because of their injuries. Whereas, one of the two players posted on her Facebook, saying that she is ready for the Olympic Game, does not have any injuries, and wishes success for her teammates.<\/a><\/p>\n

This caused some social discussion and debate, as these two players are highly skilled and experienced and had contributed to the team’s success in winning the Olympic qualification for the Mongolian team. The main discussion about the two basketball players not being able to join was that the coaches and the 3×3 basketball association had chosen players affiliated with politicians and wealthy families. However, it was too late to complain since the final names of the players were already given to the Olympic officials. Hopefully, there were not political influences, and the coaches made the right decision.<\/p>\n

The selected players played incredibly well against leading basketball countries such as the USA, France, Italy, etc., although they could not win against any of their opponents. They have built the path for future basketball players as well as other team sport athletes. It has been a dream for Mongolian basketball fans to see their basketball team playing at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Results from the Olympics<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As a result of the Tokyo 2020, Mongolia is ranked 71st<\/sup> \u00a0out of 206 nations, including Refugee Olympic Team (EOR), with four \u00a0medals, one silver and three bronze medals<\/a>. These \u00a0medals have been taken by the judo and freestyle wrestlers as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Silver<\/td>\nSaeid Mollaei<\/td>\nJudo<\/td>\nMen’s 81 kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bronze<\/td>\nUrantsetseg Munkhbat<\/td>\nJudo<\/td>\nWomen’s 48 kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bronze<\/td>\nTsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir<\/td>\nJudo<\/td>\nMen’s 73 kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bronze<\/td>\nBolortuya Bat-Ochir<\/td>\nFreestyle<\/td>\nWome\u2019s 53 kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Interesting statistics regarding Mongolian participation in the Tokyo 2020 based on the number of medals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Total Medals per Capita<\/td>\nMongolia is ranked 20th<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weighted Medals per Capita<\/td>\nMongolia is ranked 30th<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weighted Medals by GDP<\/td>\nMongolia is ranked 11th<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Medals<\/td>\nMongolia is ranked 47th<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\u00a0Source: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.medalspercapita.com\/<\/a><\/h5>\n

Two sides of Nationalism <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mr. Saeid Mollaei is the first foreign-born athlete who represents Mongolia in the Olympic Games in Mongolian history. He is an Iranian-born Mongolian judoka. The Iranian authorities ordered him to lose deliberately in the semi-final at the Tokyo 2019 World Judo Championship to avoid wrestling against the Israelian judoka in the final round of that tournament. After fleeing to Germany with a two-year visa, he accepted an offer to become a Mongolian citizen from the Mongolian president in 2019. He is delighted that he has Mongolian citizenship and expressed his sincere gratitude to the International Judo Federation (IGF), the former president of Mongolia, Kh Battulga, who offered him the citizenship and specials thanks to the people of Mongolia.<\/p>\n

Mongolians warmly welcomed him when he decided to immigrate to Mongolia. He was given the Mongolian name “Molom.” When he got his silver medal from the Tokyo Olympics, it was clear that he is very well respected, loved and embraced like other Mongolian Olympic medal winners.<\/p>\n

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