Mongolia’s firefighting sport team wins world championship silver with national record

Mongolia’s national firefighting sport team has won a silver medal at the world championships, setting a new national record.

At the XXI men’s and XII women’s World Championships in multi-discipline firefighting sport, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 2 to 8 November, the Mongolian team clocked 25.08 seconds in the men’s combat deployment event to take silver, MNB, iNews.mn and iSee.mn reported.

According to MNB, Mongolia won bronze and set a national record in the same event at the 2017 world championships in Izmir, Turkey. Nine years later the team has improved on both the medal and the record.

Some 139 men and 50 women from 14 countries are competing, and Mongolia has entered two teams with 10 men and 8 women. MNB earlier reported that the women’s team includes Captain B. Ankhzul and technician B. Khongorzul of the emergency management agency.