Sports in Russia (Школьные сочинения)

I expect you know that Russia is a sports-loving nation. A lot of indoor and outdoor sports such as hockey, football, track and field, saying nothing of basketball and volleyball are spread all over the country. Crowds of people living in the north of Russia find it interesting to indulge in skiing and skating.

esides, the popularity of technical sports such as motor-racing and parachute jumping is constantly increasing.

By the way, many national and international matches are televised live and you can hardly find a person, who doesn't support his or her favorite team.

But watching sport events and going in for sports are two different things. As you know, sport is an essential part of our life, because it helps to stay in good shape, to keep fit and to be healthy as well. I’d like to say that nowadays the Russians are more health-conscious, that’s why they pay more attention to indulging in sports of one kind or another on a more regular basis.

Knowing the danger of neglecting sport, they try to attend a swimming pool or a gym at least 2 times a week.

I must point out, being compulsory, sport is practiced at all levels from kindergartens to institutes. You see, in kindergartens children take their first sporting steps. At schools and universities pupils and students must attend physical culture lessons.

esides, there are a lot of sports centers in Russia, where experienced coaches are in charge of their trainees, who are selected at all levels beginning with school or interschool contests to all-Russia tournaments. Fortunately, massive facilities are at their disposal/

I can’t help mentioning the fact that a lot of world records set up by Russian sportsmen aren’t still beaten. Moreover, Soviet and Russian sportsmen carried off a lot of gold medals at the Olympic Games. In my opinion, it’s necessary to develop sport in our country, because it’s the best way to prolong active life and live until a ripe old age.