On March 30, Beijing time, The Russian figure skating pair skating senior and The Winter Olympic Triple Champion Irina Rodnina said that football is no longer the most popular sport in Russia.
Soon, however, the Ice Prince Pushchenko came out and said the opposite. He believes that football is still number one, and that football is also the number one in the world. In addition, Pushchenko also said that the attention of figure skating in Russia has entered the top three.
Irina Rodnina is a former Soviet athlete who has won three Winter Olympics titles (Sapporo in '72, Innsbruck in '76 and Lake Placid in '80) and 10-time figure skating.
Previously, the 73-year-old said that today's football is no longer the most popular sport in Russia. But soon, Proshenko appeared to refute such a view, and it was justified.
The Ice Prince said: "Although in many cities, if there are Russian league and figure skating competitions, the latter has higher TV ratings. But that doesn't mean football isn't our favorite game. ”
Plushenko compared the 18-year World Cup with last year's Grand Prix in Figure Skating in Russia. The former clearly outperformed the latter in global ratings.
With the outstanding performance of the World Cup, Russian fans enjoyed a grand event of their own. Stars such as Gyuba, because of their excellent performance, are concerned by the world football world. The young player Golovin was bought by Monaco at a high price, and once attracted the attention of the big team.
Although the fans of Russian football players are not as good as figure skaters such as Sherbakova and Vallieva, this does not mean that football has become unpopular.
"At the moment in Russia, football is still the most popular sport, with ice hockey second and figure skating third," Said Pushshenko. But there is no denying that figure skating is rising very fast. ”
Due to the exclusion of UEFA, there are rumors that the Russian team may join the AFC for the next World Cup qualifiers. However, the Russian Football Federation refuted such claims.
Like other Eastern European countries, football remains a favourite here, except for snow and ice.
In addition to the average level of 11-a-side football in Russia, beach soccer was the champion of the last World Cup, and indoor football was the runner-up of the 16-year World Cup.
Flipping through the Russian website, the coverage of ice hockey is the most. The Chinese ice hockey team is based on the Beijing Kunlun Hongxing Ice Hockey Team, which participates in the league held by Russia.
The star players broadcast by the media are from the figure skating women's event. Although the red-haired Alexandra Trusova lost to the golden Sherbakova on the Internet in Chinese, she is still the most popular player in China.
Russian websites also have a high degree of attention to men's volleyball games and the NBA and their own basketball leagues. In addition, e-sports such as DOTA2 are popular in Russia. Many of these shooting projects are almost all involved.
However, the article on football is still the first on the Russian Internet. Reports of Ronaldo and the Premier League will always appear on the front page.
Abramovich's Chelsea weekly report was one of the most clicked matches. In addition, the news of Serie A, Ligue 1 and Real Madrid and Barca will always appear on the front page. The news of the Bundesliga and Levan is rarely seen.
Even if it is impossible to participate in the World Cup, the latest reports of the main European teams in the World Cup will surely appear in the Russian media for the first time.
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