Family income directly influences children's participation in sports. According to Romir research, 68% of minors in low-income families (up to 20,000 rubles per person) are physically active. This figure rises to 74% in middle-income families, and 85% in high-income families (over 100,000 rubles per person). The national level of children's involvement in sports has reached 73%.
Swimming is the most popular sport among children (23%). Football is second (18%), and gymnastics is third (11%). Cycling (8%), volleyball and track and field (7% each), boxing and basketball (6% each), karate (5%), and tennis (4%) also round out the top 10.
However, sports preferences vary significantly by region. For example, football is most popular in the Central and Northwestern Federal Districts, mixed martial arts dominates in the North Caucasus, and sambo dominates in the Southern Federal District, according to research by the Romir company, which was reviewed by Vedomosti.
It was previously reported that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for the first time ruled sanctions against Russian athletes discriminatory, lifting the ban on table tennis players. Furthermore, former head coach of the Russian national team and 1988 European Junior Champion Boris Petrovich Ignatyev analyzed the national team's match against Bolivia.