Anton Hanczaryk: “There are no coincidences” 16:00 05/09/2014 Young fighter with an agenda to conquer the World championships in Vilnius. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. Anton Hanczaryk is a young, promising Belarussian fighter. Being a candidate for Master of Sports, he takes on the strongest guys all over Belarus. Anton hasn’t yet been to the international championships, but that’s about to change. Anton saw armwrestling first on TV, watching Eurosport. It struck him as a very dynamic and spectacular sport. But that might have been it for him, had it not been for an armwrestling banner in a nearby gym. Anton always wanted to be strong and he thought that armwrestling might help him with that. My first training was in January – recalls Anton. – I had my first tournament in March – Belarussian juniors championships. I’ve lost in both hands. My opponents were way stronger and more experienced than me. But I make no excuses – that failure spurred me on to train