11 July is traditional the main day of the annually Nadaam Festival. It starts with the opening ceremony and is followed by the first rounds of Mongolian Wrestling and archery. Tickets for the day were high property before the event with prices rising until a day before...then they dropped as most tickets were bought by a handful of hawkers...Lucky I bought mine a couple of days before - not.
This year, the wrestling has been won by a novice who hasn't won any title before. There are no weight classes, it is a simple knock out system in which the 512 wrestler fight against each other until there is only one left.
Let the Games begin!
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| Let the Games begin |
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| A taste of the Olympic games |
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| Opening ceremony |
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| Stand up for the National Anthem |
Dicipline I - Wrestling:
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| What we all waited for - the Mongolian Wrestler |
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| All rich and beautiful are around... |
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| ...to watch the less beautiful but (soon to be) famous. |
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| Concentration before the fight |
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| Don't forget your shoes |
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| Sexy? You have to like it - speedos Mongolian style. |
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| Action... |
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| ...but once you are on the ground you are out... |
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...and have to walk under the winner's arm only to receive a
clap on the bum. |
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David vs. Goliath?
The ref takes both wrestler's hats and only the winner can keep it |
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| No playing around with this fellow |
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| Audience |
Dicipline II - Archery
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| Good shot... |
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| ...and a bad shot. |
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| Eagle TV News are here |
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| Women take aim from a slightly shorter distance |
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| Soviet blocks in the back... |
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| ...while the refs take it serious. |
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