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HAVANA Reigning Champ x Asics Gel Lyte 3 Grise Soldes , Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Judo Grand Prix tournament with 428 athletes from 69 countries attending got underway in Havana on Thursday.


The competition is important as it will count towards the qualifying list for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio De Janeiro.


The draw for the 14 divisions (men and women) took place on Thursday at the Melia Habana hotel and the president of the International Judo Federation (IJF), Romania's Marius Vizer, gave a news conference.


Vizer arrived in the Cuban capital on Wednesday and this visit marks his third stay on the Caribbean island after he visited in June 2014 to participate in a similar competition and in September 2015 where he evaluated the preparations for the current tournament.


The competition schedule will begin on Friday in the Sport City Coliseum with fights in the 48, 52 and 57 kilogram categories for women and 60 and 66 kilograms categories for men.


The fights will continue on Saturday with the 63 and 70 kilograms categories for women and 73, 81 and 90 kilograms categories for men.


The tournament will conclude on Sunday with the 78 and over 78 kilograms categories for women and 100 and over 100 kilograms categories for men.


As hosts Asics Gel Lyte 3 Fresh Pack Sneakers Blanche Soldes , Cuba will compete with four teams for each gender. The Caribbean country is led by Idalis Ortiz, Olympic monarch and two-time world champion in the over 78 kilograms category, and Asley Gonzalez, silver medallist in the 90 kilograms category and former world champion.


Among the foreign teams Brazil, the United States Asics Gel Lyte 5 Noir Tan Soldes , Azerbaijan, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Mongolia and China stand out as wall as individuals from other nations.


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The women's competition will also feature some stars from the sport such as Argentinian world champion Paula Pareto (48kg), Brazilian Sarah Menezes (48kg) and American Kayla Harrison (78kg). Menezes and Harrison both won gold medals at the London Olympics 2012.


The main goal of all the Cuban competitors is to get the largest amount of points for the Olympic 2016 classification which will grant 22 direct places for men and 14 for women, according to Ortiz.


The tournament in Havana will give 300 points for gold medal winners Asics Gel Lyte 5 Noir Soldes , 180 for silver medallists and 120 for bronze medallists.


For Cuban judo, the aim is to end up with 10 representatives - five men and five women - in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August.


The IJF's Sports Director, Czech Vladimir Barta, said he was confident that Havana would be a ""very good tournament"" due to the level of the competitors and the rivalry. This generates ambition to win points for the world ranking ahead of the summer games.


Barta also praised the increased number of athletes and countries compared to the first edition in 2014, when 297 judokas participated from 40 nations.


In the 2014 edition Asics Gel Lyte 5 Blanche Soldes , Cuba came in second place with two gold, two silver and four bronze medals. The women's team had the best results (2 gold, one silver and 3 bronze medals). Georgia won the competition overall with 3 golds and two bronze medals.


This event has the largest country representation out of all single sport tournaments to ever have been organized by Cuba, according to local officials.


This edition will have a superior level especially as it is an Olympic qualification event, said Vizer.


""We are very focused so that our sport can become one of the main attractions at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Asics Gel Lyte 5 Platinum Pack Bay Soldes ,"" concluded Vizer.

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HAIKOU, China, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu will be playing together both as rivals and as teammates representing South Korea in the final round of the World Ladies Championship here on Saturday.


This tournament is unique in professional golf as it comprises three events in one: an individual professional competition, a team championship in which countries are represented by teams of two and an individual amateur tournament.


After three rounds on the Blackstone Course at Mission Hills Haikou, defending champion Park held one stroke lead over compatriot Ryu in the individual stroke play competition.


Park fired a third round 71 to end on 10-under Asics Gel-Quantum 360 KNIT2 Trainers Noir Blanche Soldes , ahead of Ryu, who moved into solo second with an eight under par 65.


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This is Park's third appearance in the World Ladies Championship and she finished second in 2013. Despite leading or co-leading after each round this week, she has struggled a little by her own high standards.


"It was a challenging day with the wind. I misjudged the wind quite a few times and ended up in the greenside bunker and wasn't able to get up and down from there. I'm a little bit disappointed," said Park.


"I feel like I finished well, but the three putt on the last didn't help. I have one more day to play and happy to be in the position where I am."


Ryu finished third in 2014 and could be a real threat now that she has mastered the speed of the greens.


Ryu said: "The last two rounds I also played great but didn't make a putt. Today I made a lot of great putts. Starting with a birdie and an eagle gave me good motivation to play a low score. Today I shot eight under and I'm really happy with what I did. Today a lot of the par fives were playing downwind so it was really easy to make it on in two shots. I think that's why I made a lot of birdies."


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