In Sofia 139 women fight for 7 gold medals, from 28 countries. The U52kg weight category has a strong field of 27 participants, the U57kg category 26.
U48: 20 participants
U52: 27 participants
U57: 26 participants
U63: 25 participants
U70: 15 participants
U78: 11 participants
O78: 15 participants
Not Bulgaria has the most participants, but Japan with 16 women in total. Ukraine sent 15 judoka, Russia and Germany both 12.
The competition starts at 10.00h at Saturday with the first three categories, followed on Sunday from 63kg and heavier.
You can find the draw below and the live results here:
http://www.judo-world.net/eju/world_cup/2010_sofia/tta_menue_eju.php
Enjoy the live video feed here:
http://212.227.96.120/index_offline_wcup_bul2010.php