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Ser-Od Bat-Ochir World Championship and Olympic Marathon #1 Hits



On 30 August, 2003 Mongolia's Ser-Od Bat-Ochir ran his first global championships marathon at the Paris World Championships. Tonight he'll be the Mongolian flag bearer in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, and in two weeks he'll be in the marathon. In between he's been in every World Championships marathon, eleven of them, and every Olympic marathon, five. In Paris he'll become the first person to run in six Olympic marathons. The Billboard #1 hit songs at all sixteen of his global championship marathons so far:

30 Aug. 2003 - Paris World Championships - Beyoncé "Crazy in Love"

29 Aug. 2004 - Athens Olympics - Terror Squad "Lean Back"

13 Aug. 2005 - Helsinki World Championships - Mariah Carey "We Belong Together"

25 Aug. 2007 - Osaka World Championships - Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls"

24 Aug. 2008 - Beijing Olympics - Rihanna "Disturbia"

22 Aug. 2009 - Berlin World Championships - Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"

4 Sept. 2011 - Daegu World Championships - Katy Perry "Last Friday Night"

12 Aug. 2012 - London Olympics - Carly Rae Jensen "Call Me Maybe"

17 Aug. 2013 - Moscow World Championships - Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines"

22 Aug. 2015 - Beijing World Championships - The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"

21 Aug. 2016 - Rio de Janeiro Olympics - Sia "Cheap Thrills"

6 Aug. 2017 - London World Championships - Luis Fonsi "Despacito"

5 Oct. 2019 - Doha World Championships - Lizzo "Truth Hurts"

8 Aug. 2021 - Tokyo Olympics - BTS "Butter"

17 July 2022 - Oregon World Championships - Harry Styles "As It Was"

27 Aug. 2023 - Budapest World Championships - Oliver Anthony "Rich Men North of Richmond"

10 Aug. 2024 - Paris Olympics - ????

photo © 2024 Oyuntuya Odonsuren, all rights reserved
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