Mongolian Prime Minister Sanj Bayar on Thursday encouraged the athletes to end the country's Olympic gold drought in Beijing.

Meeting with the Mongolian Olympic delegation, S. Bayar said that Mongolia took 29 berths for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, and '29' is propitious for the Mongolian athletes.

The Mongolian athletes will compete in boxing, judo and wrestling at the Beijing Olympics.

Mongolia achieved 15 medals from the previous Olympic Games but never won a gold.

(Xinhua News Agency August 1, 2008)