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HOHHOT, China, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's Sainbayaer Jambaljamts and Enkhjargal Tuvshinjargal Sunday won the men's and women's long-distance titles respectively at the 2016 Ghenghis Khan mountain terrain bicycle (MTB) adventure in West Ujimqin Banner (County), north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The 19-year-old Jambaljamts finished fastest the men's race in six hours, 33 minutes and 54 seconds, while Tuvshinjargal was the first among the female rides in 7:23:15.
This year's race, which was contested along a 100km pastoral and hilly route over three days, attracted more than 600 cyclists from China, Mongolia, Russia, Germany, the Philippines and other countries and regions.
In addition, the 2016 Grassland Marathon, attended by more than 1,000 runners from home and overseas, had concluded at the same place on Saturday.
China's Pan Lihui won the men's race in two hours, 41 minutes and 16 seconds and the women's title went to Mongolia's Sanjidmaa who clocked 3:13:24.
