Vendetta, in which he had to fight with the American armwrestler Michael Todd, had cancelled. Oleg did the emphasis on strength training and intense gaining quality weight preparing for armfight:

"I did not invent something special while preparing to fight with Todd. But I have my own strategy, which is proven and effective. I try to train and gain my weight, but not too much. I want to raise strength indicators and pay attention to endurance. I think it becomes more important for this sport".

Oleg shifted the emphasis in training, and we see, that it helps him. A peculiar test for Oleg will be World Championship, where Oleg might share his category with Sasho Andreev, Artem Taynov and other strong athletes.

"At the World Championship I am going to take part in the 85 kg category. It is new weight class to me and in general, now my weight is 83 kg. I think the fight will not be easy. There are several serious contenders. Perhaps, the main among them is Sasho Andreev. When I was absent at the European Championships in the 85 kg, he led there. And most of all, he is ready to fight and is not going to lose".

After the Worls, Oleg will continue to prepare for taking part at the Professional World Cup Zloty Tur. At this tournament, Oleg has ambitious plans to fight not only in his category, but also in open weight:

"I have in the arsenal of 5 professional cups. And this year I plan to prepare for a maximum to show my best result in open class, because my preparation to Zloty Tour I started immediately after last year's Cup, which I finished fourth. I do not choose with whom to fight, I just will fight with all!"

We are confident that Oleg’s fights will be extremely interesting at the Worlds and Zloty Tur both. He has new opponents and new challenges! We wish Oleg beautiful and successful fights!