Vadim Akperov: “Mistakes will not be forgiven” 09:00 10/14/2014 On the last WCs and his performance – the international master of sports. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. The 36 th armwrestling World Championships were full of talented fighters and exciting fights. There was a real war in almost every category. There was an unexpected upset in the 75 kg weight class, where a Russian fighter, Vadim Akperov, won silver in right arm. I think my performance was good – says Vadim. – I would give myself four out of five. All I thought about was one opponent – Janis Amolins. I watched his every fight. I won, because I was ready for that fight, but he turned out to be an unpredictable person. I also watched Sasho Andreev carefully. He won two golds in juniors, and then two in seniors! I fought Sasho in the ECs - says Vadim. – I beat him easily then, so I never imagined he would show so much at the WCs. Since not a lot of time has passed since the ECs, I wasn’t wholly