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. 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!”
More Must-Read Stories From TIME
- Inside the Death of a Rural Daycare
- Exclusive: Inside Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Train Pilots for U.S. Fighter Jets
- TIME’s First Interview in the Metaverse: How a Filmmaker Made a Movie and Fell in Love in VR
- How The Inflation Reduction Act Will Spur a New Climate Tech Ecosystem
- Climate-Conscious Architects Want Europe To Build Less
- Social Media Companies Like TikTok Hope to Fight Election Misinformation. Experts Say Their Plans Aren’t Enough
- How I Got My Students to Stop Staring at Screens
- Author Mimi Zhu Is Relearning What It Means to Love After Trauma
Read More From TIME
