Mongolia To Provide Financial Support To Olympic Athletes

ULAN BATOR, May 19 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – The Mongolian government has decided to provide a one-time financial assistance of 10 million Mongolian Tugriks (about 3,508 U.S. dollars), to each athlete, who qualified for the Olympic Games, the government’s press office said, today.

So far, 30 Mongolian athletes have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to be held in Tokyo, Japan in July this year, the press office said, in a statement.

The athletes are expected to compete in 12 sports.