Ölgii's Naadam Stadium

        We arrive early for Day Two of Naadam at the stadium in Ölgii, before the afternoon horseracing ceremonies and wrestling competition begin.  We get good seats, shaded on the ground-floor benches beneath the central blue concourse.  The people already there are jostling hard to see a tiny black & white TV on which the finals of the wrestling competition at the national Naadam back in Ulaanbaatar is being broadcast.  Some friendly locals hoisted me aloft so that I could catch a glimpse.