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FROM THE WORLD
FROM THE WORLD
News from National Sports Journalists Associations
L-R: Jugder Otgontsagaan, Chultem Otgonbaatar, Byambaa Tsagaanbaatar, Badamdorj Lkhagvasuren, Chuluunbaatar Ganbat and Dorjsuren Bat- jargal at Central Sport Gymnasium, Ulaanbaatar (Photo by Enkhbaatar Khartsaga, MSPU)
Mongolian sports journalists kick off AIPS Centennial with recreation of iconic boxing ring photo
The executive committee members of the Mongolian Sports Press Union have recreated the iconic boxing ring photo that represents the birth of the International Sports Press Associa- tion in 1924. To achieve this, they had a mem- orable photoshoot in the ring during the recent Mongolian Boxing National Championships to kick off the 100 years anniversary of AIPS in
the country. It was a similar scenario as the famous photo of the first executive committee of AIPS at the founding Congress in Paris in 1924. Former MSPU presidents, Jugder Ot- gontsagaan aka Oto and Chultem Otgonbaatar aka Sato, attended the photo shoot alongside the current president Byambaa Tsagaan- baatar, secretary general Dorjsuren Batjargal,
vice president Chuluunbaatar Ganbat and the director of MNB Sport channel Badamdorj Lkhagvasuren. The Mongolian Boxing National Championships in Ulaanbaatar was an event to select boxers that will represent the country at the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event which will be held in Busto Arsizio, Italy from February 29, 2024.
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