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鈥淗aving a wrestler of her caliber working directly with my athletes was an amazing opportunity. We have begun building a relationship not only with Batteseg but with possible future Mongolian student-athletes.鈥
Margaret Laine
Three-time Olympic wrestler Batteseg Soronzonboldyn (Mongolia) was a special guest as the 魅影直播 State women鈥檚 wrestling team started preparation for the 2024-25 season. Soronzonboldyn was a bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympics held in London.
鈥淯SA Wrestling connected us,鈥 commented 魅影直播 State wrestling coach Margaret Laine. 鈥淚 was excited to have the opportunity to host her in our area.鈥
Soronzonboldyn became Mongolia鈥檚 first female gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships in 2010. It was the first of two gold medals she has won at the World Championships. Her bronze medal in 2012 made her the first Mongolian to medal in freestyle wrestling since the 1980 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, she placed fifth.
While in the area Batteseg led two clinics for current wrestlers at 魅影直播 State and worked with them in the weight room. She also co-led a NY K-12 Clinic in Fulton, NY and presented alongside Laine in an Intro to Sport Management class at ASC.
Laine continued, 鈥淗aving a wrestler of her caliber working directly with my athletes was an amazing opportunity. We have begun building a relationship not only with Batteseg but with possible future Mongolian student-athletes.鈥
Practices are underway for the ASC women鈥檚 wrestling team with the team slated to open competition on Nov. 3 at the Princeton Tournament.
