AKIPRESS.COM - President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa and First Lady Bolortsetseg Luvsandorj attended the opening ceremony of XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris, France, on July 26, the presidential press service reports.

More than 60 heads of state and government, as well as leaders of international organizations, participated in the ceremony.

About 10,500 athletes from 184 countries sailed in a parade of 160 boats for 6 kilometers down the Seine River.

The Summer Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11. A total of 33 Mongolian athletes are competing in freestyle wrestling, judo, boxing, shooting, archery, swimming, cycling, athletics, and weightlifting.

In the next Paralympic Games, scheduled for August 28 to September 8, 44 Mongolian para-athletes will compete in para powerlifting, para archery, para taekwondo, para-swimming, para judo, and para-athletics.