A conversation with the deputy-head of Moscow's Department of Physical Culture and Sports
Throwing sticks is one of the earliest skills mastered by humans. They needed it for survival but at later times this activity became an entertainment.
Seems like our athletes are left without a motivation to win for the sake of their country.
Alexander Rukavishnikov is quite familiar with sports. His works include monuments to the legendary footballers Nikolai Starostin, Lev Yashin and Eduard Streltsov, two-fold Olympic champion in wrestling Ivan Yarygin, as well as numerous compositions about karate.
Let's suppose for a moment that we do not know this man, that we haven't read his stories and novels, that we haven't seen many TV-programs with his participation. Let's suppose we are seeing him for the first time.
Lev Leschenko is a symbolic figure on the Russian singing stage. This classical baritone is well-known by everyone in our country. His songs “Nightingale Grove”, “Parents Home” and “Victory Day” never cease to be sung and played.
The famous TV anchor Vladimir Pozner has his own ideas for a Sunday morning. He puts his racket into a sports rucksack and in a fighting spirit he steps into one of the sports complexes downtown Moscow.
