The T-Power group has emerged recently, sharing their material in the Internet. Today we speak to the group’s founder, Igor Zhemelinskih. 
I trained classic fighting until my third year at the university – says Igor. Then I got into powerlifiting and earned my Master of Sports title at the IPF. Then I became the champion of the Tiumen region in benchpressing. So when my friend, Evgenyi Jegorov, offered to show me armarwetling, I said yes without hesitation. Because here you not only have to fight your own self, but also your rivals.

Soon Igor met the regional representative of the armwrestling federation of Tiumen – Constantin Bakum. They decided to cooperate. First, they’ve organized an armwrestling tournament , which became a success. So they’ve organized five more. As the head secretary of the Tiumen regional armwrestling federation, Igor gives a lot of time to the idea of developing armwrestling, especially amongst the disabled.

When I became engrossed in armwrestling, I stumbled upon www.armpower.net – says Igor. – I also wanted to create a portal that would promote not only armwrestling, but also other strength sports. That’s how T-power was created, via VKontakte. First it was just myself, now it’s five people dealing with all the material.

The main goal of the group is to motivate young people to practice sports. Igor runs a law office, so he is the main sponsor of most events. The T-power crew has many plans, most concerning the development of armwrestling in Tiumeni and the whole region. Another step would be putting armwrestling tables in every backyard. The city council has agreed to that, there is already one table in place in Tumeni.

My friend and Belarussian armwrestling master, Victor Bratchenya, called my activities armbuilding – says Igor. – We all train along with the fighters, show techniques and secrets, teach what no one’s taught before. We reach out to beginners as well as pros. We hope for our team to succeed.

Artur Grigorian