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Putin talks of his devotion to judo
MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the education center Sambo-70 in Moscow on Sunday.
The president inspected the gyms in which sambo and judo was going on at the moment and met with prominent representatives of those sports.
Talking to the press after the visit, Putin said, "the atmosphere here is like home to me."
When asked by a journalist what the sports term "pure victory" means to him, Putin replied, "It is a very pleasant sensation, it is even hard to convey in words."
While speaking to young girls studying judo at the center, Putin said in response to their questions that he still studies judo and has a tatami at home, an Interfax correspondent reported. "When friends come see me, we do judo," he said.
Putin also said that his daughters used to study judo in a sports school but now "they are lazy."
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