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Only 15 percent of Russians do sports

Meeting with representatives of the Russian Olympic Fund yesterday, President Dmitry Medvedev said only 15 percent of Russians do sports. That is threatening the health of the nation, he underlined.

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According to Russian statistics, only 15 percent of the populations do sports, the president said, adding that up to 30 percent of the populations in most developed countries are active in sport activities. -This means that we might have problem not only in sport competitions, but also with the health of our nation, the president said, RIA Novosti reports. In the meeting, head of the Russian Olympic Committee Vladimir Lisin said 22 million Russians do sports, of which 14 million do it regularly. The country has a total of 33,000 sport arenas.