After hot Montenegro Bar in 2012, tournament-2013 accepts cool, but solar Estonian Tallinn. In three days, from June 21 to June 23 on coast of Baltic the best athletes of national teams of the Old World will define champions of the continent in sixteen weight categories: to eight at judoists: 40, 44, 48, 52, 57, 63, 70 and over 70 kg and eight at judoists – 50, 55, 60, 66, 73, 81, 90 and over 90 kg. The superiority becomes the first of two official starts for athletes of an age category till 18 years. The world championship among young men will take place at the beginning of August in the American Miami.

According to the Superiority program on Friday, June 21, in Tallinn awards from six sets will be played: 50, 55 and 60 kg – at young men and 40, 44 and 48 kg – at girls. In two subsequent days titles of champions will find judoists in categories 52, 57 and 63 and judoists in 66 and 73 kg – on Saturday, and 70, +70 kg and 81, 90 and +90 – on Sunday. Daily the beginning of competitions at 10.00 local time, lagging behind from Moscow on one hour. Start will be given to the final unit at 15.30 (except for June 22 when at this time it is planned to carry out opening ceremony after which duels for awards will begin).

Before Superiority start the instructor of the national team of young men Vladimir Gladchenko assured of Tallinn: "all children in a command in the good form also are ready to argue for awards". Irina Rodina, for which Tallinn championship – the first in career of the tutor of the national team expects from the wards of worthy performance and the new trainer of a fine half of a command.

In addition to above-named for honor of the Russian flag winners of Superiority of Russia-2013 - David Kelekhsayev (50 kg, RSO-Alania), Alexander Kulikovskikh (60, Chelyabinsk), Zaur Ramazanov (73, Dagestan), Tamerlan Bashayev (+90, Moscow), Aida Bikbova (40, Tatarstan), Anastasia Turcheva (44, Orenburg), Sofia Chistanova (52, Krasnoyarsk Krai), Valeria Abramkina (63, the Belgorod region) will be overcome; prize-winners of the Russian championship: Azer Ismailov (55, Yekaterinburg), Pavel Ershov (66, St. Petersburg), Elizabeth Stapanova (52, Sankt-Peteburg), Ekaterina Dotsenko (57, Perm Krai) and Nyurguyana Nikiforova (63, Sakhalin region).

For information. Competitions among athletes till 17 years for the first time were carried out in 1962 in the German Essen where gold awards were distributed among themselves by Dutches and French. The Superiority of 1978 in Hungary where our two judoists rose by peak of a pedestal Yury Sokolov (53 kg) and Valery Divisenko (83 kg) was the last tournament of this level in the XX century. Restarted Superiority of Europe among young men in 2000, and for these years seldom who managed to press Russians from the first line of an all-team competition. We hope, as this time the victorious tradition will be continued.

Marina Mayorova, FDR