Hard-gained victory over the continent champion - Hungarian team - with the result 26:24 in the second tour of Turchin's Memorial made Russian women national team the leaders of the Kiev tournament, SE correspondent Dmitry ILIECHENKO reports.

In the match against the strongest European team Russian players gained initiative from the very start and scored till the middle of the first time. Among the Hungarian players the most effective was only the old-player Bozana Radulovich, who scored the first 6 goals. However, the Russian team slowed down towards the break, what can be clearly seen from the results. After the accurate shot of Radulovich and Agnesh Farkash it seemed like the European champions are going to win, ending the first half of the match with the advantage of 3 goals - 15:12.

Russia regained status quo on the 10th minute of the second time, when having a draw 17:17 Oksana Romenskaya scored 4 goals one after another.

There was another interesting match: Ukrainian national team vs. Russian national team. Willing to demonstrate their right to play in the world championship starting from December, 4th, the young handball players have lost only in the last minute. The draw however has finally deprived the home team of all the chances to win the first place. Now only Hungarians and Russians can claim the prize, the result will be seen after the match on Sunday.

Turchin's Memorial

Second tour

RUSSIA - Hungary - 26:24 (12:15)

Russia: Bogdanova, Sidorova - Romenskaya (5), Kareeva (5/1 from penaly), Muravieva (4/4), Dyadechko (3), Ignatchenko (2), Poltoratskaya (2/1), Chausova (1). Goncharova (1), Bodnieva (1), Veraksa.

Ukraine - Ukrainian national team - 23:23 (9:11).