ALINA SAMOTOY - FAST AND STRONG 08:30 04/12/2013 Last year, she was second in the category of +80 kg on the left hand at the European Championships. First place was taken by Egle Vaitkute from Lithuania, whereas Zanna Cingule from Latvia came in third. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. Hi Alina! How are your preparations for the European Championships? How are you? Will you defend the previous titles, or maybe you want to get even better results? Who might be your potential rival? Is the Russian team strong? Alina Samotoy: Hello readers of armpower.net! I'm ready to fight and not just to defend my titles, but I'll try to get the gold! But, unfortunately, I'm not in top form. I'm quite busy at work, so I don't have much time to train. I'm paying more attention to the strength training in my preparations. I have a quick start. I have an good technique. However, I didn't have enough physical strength. Here, too, we (me and my coach) have some trouble. I had to reject