--- description: Two Mongolian wrestling coaches tore their clothes in protest off after their wrestler lost title: Mongolian Wrestling Coaches Strip in Protest After Loss image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0da29c934461e833/6988a319fb4eac5fb088ed11/mandakhnaran-mongolia-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mongolian Wrestling Coaches Strip in Protest After Rio Loss by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2016 6:06 PM CUT  The coach of Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia takes off his clothes as he protests after the Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze final against Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Aug. 21, 2016. The coach of Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia takes off his clothes as he protests after the Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze final against Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Aug. 21, 2016.Toru Hanai—Reuters by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2016 6:06 PM CUT Two Mongolian wrestling coaches tore their clothes in protest off after their wrestler Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran lost the bronze medal match to Uzbekistan’s Ikhtiyor Navruzov at the Rio Olympics. Toward the end of the 65kg freestyle wrestling match, it seemed like Mandakhnaran had won, and his coaches ran onto the mat to celebrate, [USA Today reported](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/21/mongolian-wrestling-coaches-go-nuts-strip-down-after-unfavorable-decision/89076210/ "undefined"). However, referees awarded the penalty point to Navruzov, causing the coaches to strip off their clothes in protest. One coach took off his shirt while the other removed both his shirt and pants, standing on the mat in his underwear. Security eventually escorted them off the mat as the crowd shouted “Mongolia! Mongolia!” > [](https://twitter.com/DanieloElliott/status/767413109984231425) > [](https://twitter.com/dannyrube/status/767410584866304000) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4460643/mongolian-wrestling-coaches-strip-protest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4460643/mongolian-wrestling-coaches-strip-protest/"},"headline":"Mongolian Wrestling Coaches Strip in Protest After Rio Loss","datePublished":"2016-08-21T18:06:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:06:33.054Z","description":"The crowd responded by shouting \"Mongolia! Mongolia!\"","url":"https://time.com/4460643/mongolian-wrestling-coaches-strip-protest/","keywords":["Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0da29c934461e833/6988a319fb4eac5fb088ed11/mandakhnaran-mongolia-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0da29c934461e833/6988a319fb4eac5fb088ed11/mandakhnaran-mongolia-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze","caption":"Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze","creditText":"Toru Hanai—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4460643/mongolian-wrestling-coaches-strip-protest/","name":"Mongolian Wrestling Coaches Strip in Protest After Rio Loss"}}]}] ```