Ten Grand Prix, four Big helmets, the World Cup and Europe, apart from sets of other prestigious starts – quite so look a calendar of competitions for the year published the other day by the International Federation of judo
Looking at it you understand that the Azerbaijani athletes should strain fine to come to high positions in a world rating and to start gathering license points for the right of hit for the Olympic Games.
As transfers azerisport.com, from this year judoists will start scoring points for hit on Games-2016. However, it will be reckoned since the end of May, and European Open in Madrid becomes the first qualification start. It is remarkable that a number of competitions will pass in the cities which for many years didn't accept big starts on judo. For example, the Grand Prix which will pass at the beginning of June, is given to Havana. As far as in respect of the organization it will be possible to tell start while early, but the sports results the Cuban athletes deserved the right to accept tournament. In particular, at the last Olympic Games Cuba in the program for judo won one gold and two silver medals.
At the same time, Baku to appear the capital of carrying out one of the most prestigious starts of a season. It is a question of "Grand Slam" which by tradition will pass at us at the beginning of May. And, unlike last year's starts, this time competition will take place not two, but three days. However, this year won't carry the license status, however it is possible not to doubt a high appearance of participants who will arrive here behind rating points.
At the same time, the World Cup which will this time accept Chelyabinsk will be the main start of a season, certainly. In the 2012th year it hosted the European championship and now raised the status to the FIFA World Cup capital. So in Chelyabinsk will defend a title of the best judoist of a planet Elkhan Mamedov (100 kg), and our other athletes for certain will try not to lag behind the team mate.
Well and in the end of the year all attention to switch over to Asia where with an interval in three weeks will pass the Grand Prix in Nantszyna, similar tournament in Dzhedzhu and "Grand Slam" in Tokyo.
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