For instance, at the World Memory Championship 2017 organized by International Association of Memory in Jakarta last year, Mongolia won 57 medals out of 90 in total in kids, junior and adult categories, taking 22,531 points in total.

The Mongolian team has re-set seven world records and participated in 46 mental sports contests in the USA, Sweden, China, Turkey, the Philippines, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, the UK, Singapore, Korea and Indonesia, and won 760 medals so far.

To date, eight athletes qualified to become international grandmasters, nine athletes qualified for the grandmaster title, 13 athletes qualified for the international master title, and five athletes were qualified for the Asian master title.

Mongolia was proposed to organize the World Memory Championship 2018, considering the achievements of the athletes and the development of this sport in Mongolia.

President of the Intellectual Academy Kh.Khatanbaatar talked about it. He said, “We are so glad to be proposed to organize the 28th World Memory Championship in Mongolia. I guess it’s the expression of that Mongolian memory athletes are being acknowledged and valued by the world. Of course, all the best memory athletes take part in the World Memory Championship, which should be organized very well. And it will cost a lot. We couldn’t accept the proposal in the first place due to the financial crisis taking place everywhere.”

He noted that the support of the government will make the decision and said, “I told them that I’ll respond after meeting with officials.”