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Show Russia Spent $100,000,000 j Yearly on Sports Program j U Since 1921, Soviet Russia has be-j be-j come the most sports-minded I country in history through its I sports-for-all program for which 3 it has appropriated as much as j $100,000,000 annually, says Col-1 Col-1 lier's. This has not only resulted in the construction of 650 stadi-3 stadi-3 urns, 3,500 gymnasiums and 10,000 j playing fields, but has also encouraged encour-aged 35,000,000 men and women of !j nearly all ages to compete in athletic ath-letic events. t Furthermore, as no one is permitted per-mitted to make money on sports, either as a promoter or a participant, partici-pant, there are no professionaj athletes in the Soviet Union. |
