{"id":4332,"date":"2017-03-29T04:13:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T04:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2017-03-29T04:13:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T04:13:52","slug":"the-opening-ceremony-of-the-ulaanbaatar-marathon-2017-will-be-held-on-may-20-at-sukhbaatar-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/?p=4332","title":{"rendered":"The opening ceremony of the Ulaanbaatar Marathon 2017 will be held on May 20 at Sukhbaatar Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Opening ceremony of the &#8220;Ulaanbaatar Marathon 2017&#8221; will take place at the Sukhbaatar square on May 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The event is organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Mayor\u2019s Office of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar City Tourism Department, Mongolian National Olympic Committee and\u00a0Mongolian Marathon Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More than 30 thousand runners are expected to participate in this year\u2019s race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The main purpose of the Ulaanbaatar Marathon is to develop the racing sports in Mongolia, promote Ulaanbaatar city to the world, increase the number of amateur athletes in running, provide\u00a0physical and mental education to youths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4333\" src=\"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/225714cde85f24de8075af11c0ac9bcf-1.jpg\" alt=\"225714cde85f24de8075af11c0ac9bcf\" width=\"618\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/225714cde85f24de8075af11c0ac9bcf-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/225714cde85f24de8075af11c0ac9bcf-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/225714cde85f24de8075af11c0ac9bcf-1-154x103.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>T<span style=\"color: #000000;\">he Ulaanbaatar Marathon 2017 will be held in two categories: professional and amateur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The professional category is divided into semi &#8211; 21 km; and full &#8211; 42 km distances.\u00a0Amateurs&#8217; marathon is divided into 3 distances with 4 age groups.\u00a0Specifically, 5 km distance will include ages between 12-17, 18-35, 36-54, 55 and above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is also marathon designed for families and people with disabilities for 1.5 km distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Runners who finish in 4-10th places in any category will be rewarded with medals, certificate and cash prize. Registration for the Ulaanbaatar marathon 2017 will end on May 18 at 7:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Entrants may register at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ub-marathon.ub.gov.mn\/\"><strong>www.ub-marathon.ub.gov.mn<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0online or go to relative sports committee in your district or capital city sports &amp; physical culture office. Registration fee is US$ 20 for foreign participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4334\" src=\"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cf2e8wde2dslvn7s3q5q00nig.jpeg\" alt=\"cf2e8wde2dslvn7s3q5q00nig\" width=\"621\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cf2e8wde2dslvn7s3q5q00nig.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cf2e8wde2dslvn7s3q5q00nig-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening ceremony of the &#8220;Ulaanbaatar Marathon 2017&#8221; will take place at the Sukhbaatar square on May 20. The event is organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Mayor\u2019s Office of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar City Tourism Department, Mongolian National Olympic Committee and\u00a0Mongolian Marathon Association. More than 30 thousand runners are expected to participate in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.ub.gov.mn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}