National sports in russia

1. The National Sport in Russia

2. Swimming Swimming is a very popular Russian sport. 1 st swimming competition was held in the 15-16 century in England. In 1896 swimming was added to the list of Olympic competitions. Today, there a lot of countries swimming to win awards. Europe unites sportsmen in LEN – European national league of swimming. A lot of Russian people take part in swimming competitions. Yulia Efimova is a famous Russian swimmer. She has won 7 gold awards, 5 silver and 2 bronze awards. Alekseeva Rita 7A

3. Biathlon is a winter Olympic sport. This sport combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. The most popular stars of Biathlon are Magdalena Neuner and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen . Bjoerndalen has won a lot of rounds. He has received five prizes. Ole Einar won the world cup five times in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007. Greece was the first country to compete in Biathlon. Biathlon

4. Basketball Basketball is a popular sport in Russia. In fact, a lot of Russian people like this sport a lot. Russian people have played basketball for long time. It came to Russia in 1901. In 1900 James Stocks arrived in Russia to learn young men to play basketball. Nowadays basketball is popular, but not like football or hockey. Today, there are thousands of basketball clubs in Russia, including professional clubs, such as CSKA and Veko. Basketball is very popular among Russian teens. Many Russian children have basketball lessons at school. I think in the future more people will be interested in basketball. Nagorskaya Taisia.

5. C hess Chess is a popular sport in Russia. Chess appeared in the 6 th century in India. In the 9 th and 10 th century chess appeared in Europe. In 1886 championships all over the world began. Today, many people play chess for pleasure, they also take part in different competitions.

6. Russian World Champions Alexander Alekhine 1927-1935. Garry Kasparov 1985-1993. Anatoliy Karpov 1999-2000. Vladimir Kramin 2006-2007.

7. Figure skating Figure skating is a popular sport in Russia. Russian people have been going in for figure skating for a long time. This sport appeared in Russia in 1865. Then, there a skating rink in Yusupov park was opened. On March 5, 1878 the rink hosted the first competition of Russian figure skaters. Many sportsmen, who studied at Russian skating schools, have become famous: Irina Slytskaya , Alexey Yagudin , Evgeniy Pluschenko and many others. Their coaches are world-known.

8. The Greek-Roman Wrestling The Greek-Roman Wrestling is a popular sport in Russia. But it’s not our national sport. Greek-Roman Wrestling was born in An cient Greece and was developed in the Roman Empire. The modern form of Greek-Roman Wrestling was formed in France in the first half of the XIX century. Fight is performed using different techniques that are not allowed to be used below the belt. The main purpose – to press the opponent back to the carpet. Today, there are many Greek-Roman Wrestling clubs in Russia with professional fighters, such as Roman Vlasov, Khasan Baroev, Alan Khugaev or Alexander Karelin. They are famous all over the world. The Greek-Roman Wrestling is the sport our country gets more awards at the Olympics than others. For example, in 2011, in the World Championships of Greek-Roman Wrestling, Russia won 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals. It’s actually a very good result.

9. Volleyball Volleyball is the most popular sport in Russia. In fact a lot of people in Russia say that they love playing volleyball . Russian people have played volleyball for a very long time. It is a game with a ball. First played in 1895. Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Today, this sport is very popular in our school, a lot of teenagers play volleyball. We have a volleyball club in where the best teacher of the world works .