Damdin Danigai – 1921 Mongolian National Naadam Champion.
Number 1 out of 96 contenders.

Came across an interesting blog today: The Mongolia Culture Blog .

I’m curious where their collection of photos came from. Take a look. This is a post about Mongolian Wrestling. Interestingly, it includes a series of photos of Nadaam Champions from the 1920 and 30s!

Take this guy for example: His name is Lhagva. He was the 1931 Champion in an event with 1000 contenders! If you know about Mongolian Wrestling then you know that there are no weight classes! What an achievement.

Are you training hard enough to compete in a class that big?

Keep Smilin’

Michael

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