AKIPRESS.COM - The Memoriad 2024-World Mental Sports Olympics concluded in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on November 9, Montsame reported.

180 athletes from 35 countries, including Mongolia, the United States, Germany, South Korea, Japan, India, the United Kingdom, and Australia, competed across 12 categories of memory and mental calculation.

A team of 16 Mongolian athletes won a total of 38 medals, including 12 gold, 13 silver, and 13 bronze medals, along with a cash prize of 50 million tugriks. They also set a new Guinness World Record. In the memory category, Mongolian athletes claimed 35 out of the total of 36 medals, yielding only one medal to competitors from other countries. In mental calculation, they won three of the 12 medals.

Athletes from the Mongolian Intellectual Academy completed their 70th international tournament, earning their 1495th medal, and the team is now set to return to Mongolia from Dubai.