Mongolia's judo program has genuine credibility behind it — Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar won the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games, in the men's 100kg class. This coin predates that result by a year, issued in anticipation of Beijing rather than in celebration of it.
Mongolia's judo program has genuine credibility behind it — Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar won the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games, in the men's 100kg class. This coin predates that result by a year, issued in anticipation of Beijing rather than in celebration of it.