Mongolian athletes Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od and Gansukhyn Bat-Erdene competed in the men’s 5,000-meter race at the Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya. Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew won the gold medal with a time of 13:30.79, followed by Japan’s Tomonori Yamaguchi with silver, and India’s Gulveer Singh with bronze. Of the Mongolian competitors, Gansukhyn Bat-Erdene finished 13th with a time of 14:45.74, while Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od placed 15th at 14:53.41. This marks Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od’s fifth participation in the Asian Games, having first competed at the 2006 Doha Asian Games. He has previously represented Mongolia in the marathon event four times, and this year tested his speed in the 5,000-meter race.