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Putin urges athletes to continue training despite Russia's suspension
According to him, "the forced suspension of broad participation of Russian athletes in international competitions" should not "reduce the quality of training of new generations of athletes and weaken the Kremlin's control over competition rules, medical and biomedical support for sports." The Telegram channel says:
As reported by the Vzglyad newspaper, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to increase the availability of sports for citizens, declaring his intention to build 350 sports facilities per year in small towns and open new sports facilities in various regions via videoconference. . Region of the country.
Earlier, seven-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Svetlana Romanashina said that foreign athletes wrote that they missed the Russian team at international tournaments.