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The main result of these measures has been
that sports have grown in the country, a national
system of physical training has been set up, and
physical culture and sports have become
important factors in the health protection of the
people, raising their creativity, increasing
production.
The development of sports in Mongolia is
inseparably connected with the country’s fight for
freedom and independence. From the first days of
the revolution the physical training of the young
people, of young soldiers, the cultivation of
gymnastics, jackstay and other kinds of sports
among them, to steel them to overcome
difficulties and obstacles, assumed crucial
importance.
The MPRP and the leader of the Mongolian
revolution, D. Sukhebator, personally took a
great deal of interest in promoting the world-
recognised kinds of sports in the country and to
improve the national types of sports. Sport
groups and clubs were created at the aimak,
simon and administrative centres.
Since 1925, the secondary schools have their
own sports halls for games, gymnastics,
acrobatics, jumping and so on. At first, the MRYL
was responsible for physical culture and sports
in Mongolia. In 1924 a special department of
sports was set up. In 193 1 this was converted
into the Sports Union, with sections formed in the
aimaks.
The MRYL was in charge of sports affairs till
1946 and made a major contribution to the
communist up-bringing of the Mongolian youth,
and to the development of various kinds of sports
in Mongolia. In 1936, the norms of readiness for
labour and defense, the basis for the training of
the people, were adopted, and the titles of

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