In a city centre gym, two girls pound nine bells out of each other, to roars of approval from the crowd.

Wrestling, not boxing, is the sport most people associate with Mongolia but the latter is becoming more and more popular, thanks in part to the achievements of one man.

He is sitting in the stands, watching the bout intently. His name is Badar Uugan Enkhbatyn and at the London Olympics in two years' time he will be defending the gold medal he won in Beijing.