Сократите текст до 10-и маленьких предложений. sport is very popular in russia. more than 30 million people go to sport centres. there are a lot of different sports that are popular in russia. one of them is football. according to official figures, nearly 5 villions people go in for it. almost each town has its own football team. ice hockey is one of the most popular among winter sport. russia players have been taking part in world championship sinse 1954 and have won the world title on many occasions. in 1988 we celebrated the hundredth anniversary of athletics. 7.5 million people participated in track-and-field competitions. russia sportcmen are the european, world and olimpic records holders in different disciplines. other popular team games are basketball and sporting clubs. the men's and women's teams won olympic, european and world champions title not once. a little less people play basketball (4.2 million). soviet players fifst took part in olimpic contests at the 1952 games in helsinki. since then they have been among the olympic prize winners for several times.
