On February 12-13 is held World Cup in Budapest. 51 National Judo Teams participate in this tournament. Among them are Japan, France and Russia, which represented two-two renovated teams in Hungary. 7 candidates represent Georgia at this competition.
Today champions and prize winners will be found out in the first three weight categories. Betkil Shukvani (60 kg), Sandro Iakobashvili (66 kg) and Zebeda Rekhviashvili (73 kg) will wrestle today. Shukvani starts competing from the second circle, from the 1/16final. His first rival is Damien Bombua. Igors Sokora of Moldova is opponent of Iakobashvili. Rekhviashvili rests in the first circle and his next rival will be Serbian Milos Mihalkovich or Irtalian Andrea Regas.
 Tomorrow 4 Georgians wrestle at World Cup. Those judokas are the following: Davit Karbelashvili (81 kg), Lasha Guruli, Saba Gavashelishvili (both of them 90 kg) and Nodar Metreveli (+100 kg). Karbelashvili and Guruli start competition in the first circle. Lukas Balakh of Poland and Grigory Minashkin of Estonia are their rivals. Metreveli competes against Hungarian Adam Yuhash  and Gavashelishvili against Hungarian Ishtvan Levente or Marco Sekaric of Montenegro.

Otar Maglakelidze