Now Andrey Pushkar is in good shape, he feels confident. He hopes that the absolute title will remain with him.

What happened in 2015 that has led many fans of armwrestling think that this year, Andrew would not be able to hold this title?

In 2015, Andrey Pushkar became the champion of Zloty Tur open class without any problems. Many have said that the right hand would not be interesting to watch, but there was a surprise, when in the final match Pushkar was caught by Dmitry Trubin. Andrey won in this figh did not quite so straightforward. Dmitry lost on fouls, but we still saw his shape and features. If it was 6-round fight, I am ready to say, hand on heart - Andrey is unlikely to won.

But many do not know the whole backstage. Just a month before the competition Andrey Pushkar had injured his right hand, then he was preparing it in the usual way. He knew that Denis Tsyplenkov would not come to the Cup, and did not even counting the fact that Dmitry Trubin be able to give at least some sort of fight.

The left hand he won lightly and we remember what was with right. It turned out that Dmitry Trubin was one of the strongest athletes, which has outgrown his category, and who could fight even with Tsyplenkov.

The result is that the fight did Zloty Tur.

On the other hand, Andrey received a lesson.

Then we decided that Andrey and Dmitry needed to meet in a six-round fight to know who is stronger among professionals.

Armfight #46 was held in the summer, Pushkar easily won Trubin, but should we forget about Dmitry? Naturally, no.

Now Dmitry is in very good shape. Not so long ago, he set a record in the bench press at Scott bench, lifting 160 kg in the two times (and this is a very impressive result). He also gained seven kilograms of high-quality mass. Is it enough to win Pushkar? I do not know, but I can say that both will not feel easy.

On these guys can talk for a long time, but we have a third major party, a dark horse - Michael Todd.

Michael Todd in 2012 won Andrey Pushkar. In 2016 lost in the fight with Trubin.

Now Todd weighs 130 kg and he is in good shape. This Zloty Tur will be his debut one.

Michael pulled at Vendetta with Tsyplenkov, and though he lost 4-2, but I can not say that Dennis felt easy. Despite the serious injury, the technique will allow Michael to deal with Trubin and Pushkar, so we can’t just don’t take him into account.

It turns out the puzzle with three unknowns: who will be the champion of the Zloty Tur-2016? Would it be Andrey Pushkar? Or maybe Dmitry Trubin would be able to take the title on the right hand? Or Michael Todd would make it?

We look forward to these matches and hope that every athlete will remember the Zloty Tur as the most colorful event of the season.

Igor Mazurenko