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“Advanced Republican Athletes'', “Republican
Record-holders'' were given to the winners of the
aimak and town competitions.
Schools for skilled teachers and trainers have
been set up. Since 1955, a department for the
training of highly-qualified sports teachers has
been functioning at the Ulan-Bator Pedagogical
Institute. In the same year a general sports
classification was worked out and adopted, which
helped to place sports amateurs into various
categories.
Since 1946, the final games in Mongolia have
been held during the Nadam, the national
holiday. The competitions are held in accordance
with the international sports rules. Sportsmen
and teams are sent to international tournaments
and competitions. In 1958, a Sports Palace, and
in 1959, a stadium were built in Ulan-Bator. The
Mongolian sportsmen successfully participate in
the home and international competitions. Sports
and physical culture are vigorously promoted
among schoolchildren and youth. The material
basis of sports in the country has been
strengthened and the movement for building
sports halls and stadiums has spread all over
Mongolia. At present every town and big
settlement has a sports ground and stadium.
National and free-style wrestling, sambo,
judo, shooting, boxing, archery and parachuting
are successfully developing in Mongolia. The
number of referees and umpires is constantly
growing. Mongolia has at present referees of
national as well as of international categories.
The skills of the sportsmen have been improving
steadily.
In 1962, the Mongolian National Olympic
Committee was admitted to the International
Olympic Committee and since then it has been

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