Prior to prestigious tournament on judo "Masters" remained some days. Competitions to a prize fund of 200 000 dollars will take place in the Russian Tyumen on May 25 and 26.

The owner of gold will receive 6 000 dollars, silver-4 000, bronze prize-winners - on 2 000 dollars. Also organizers will mark out the judoist and the judoist for the best "ippons" (on 1 000 dollars).



In a course of" Masters" the highest will be played after Olympic Games and the World Cups rating points. For gold the winner will receive 700 balls, for silver 420, for bronze 280 (for comparison the winner of the European championship receives 400 balls in the rating).



The Masters tournament takes a special place in the international calendar as is the only start in judo to which invite athletes according to a world rating. On 16 best WRL in each weight will fight on the Russian tatamis.



Forthcoming "Masters" in Tyumen - the fourth in the history. Earlier such large tournaments took place in Korea, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.



Five Ukrainians got to structure of world elite in the current season.



In Tyumen will fight:



Men

66 kg Georgiyf Zantaraya (Kiev-Zaporozhye regional), 26th place of WRL

90 kg Valentin Grekov (Dnepropetrovsk regional), 19th place of WRL



Women

52 kg Alexandra Starkova (Dnepropetrovsk obl-Kiyevsky regional), 27th place of WRL

78 kg Victoria Turks (Donetsk regional), 28th place of WRL

+78 kg Irina Kindzerskaya (Kiev-Hmelnitsky regional), 13th place of WRL

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