Sergey Tokarev: preparations for TOP 16 09:00 04/16/2014 He put on an easy performance in the Ukrainian Championships and beat his opponents surely and easily at the table. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. Sergey, how are you feeling after the Ukrainian Championships? I’ll give it a 4. I work out, I think I’ll be ready in time for the TOP 16. What are your thoughts on the Ukrainian Championships? The championships were high-level, all the guys did well, especially my student – Dmitry Kharchenko, who took 1 st place in right hand. Have you had any fights backstage? Yes I have. Dmitry Ionov, the guy who took 3 rd place in my category, has challenged me and I accepted, after a lengthy consideration. Dima fights over the top, but he adapted the “Bortolato style” to fight me – he just dumped all of his 108 kilos on my arm… I was very careful, but I’ve still heard a crack. Fortunately, nothing broke. The right-hand finals were very interesting. Dmitry Ovsiyenko tried to
