Down-the-line.com/Athletics. Russian athlete Sergei Shubenkov assessed the level of Russian sports.

Shubenkov won the 110m hurdles at the Russian Championships

“I don’t have a very good impression of the Russian championships in a long-term trend. There are fewer participants in the Russian championship every year, the results are worse from year to year.

There are only separate bright spots that cancel out the general pessimism. If we take the general temperature in the hospital, then everything in our country with sports is rather bad than good.

Every year there is an exodus of athletes in track and field, but track and field is just one example. Sports are becoming less interesting for the general public, Shubenkov is quoted by Match TV.

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