Problems of the Russian Sport in the Context of Results of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place in the context of the economic and political crisis in the country. In Brazil, there was no proper funding for such a big sporting event. A colossal set of problems and scandals in the recent Olympics rolls over. A doping problem is spreading worldwide. The credibility of WADA is lost permanently. The Agency Shadow covers the very idea of the Olympics. The article presents an analysis of the performance of Russian athletes at the 0lympics-2016. It is shown that the Russian team made worthy by winning 19 gold medals. Except swimming, which is always dominated by the Americans, and athletics, where Russia was not admitted to the competition, a number of medals is commensurate with the number of gold medals won by the athletes of the USA (United States team won the 1st place in the unofficial team standings), in the rest of sports. In conditions of the crisis of the modern Olympic movement authors suggest the Russians to change their attitude to Olympism and to seek their way, the development of Russian sports. World experience shows that there are many sports that have successfully developed and not as a part of the Olympic Movement (including in Russia). They are the world and European football, tennis, boxing, cycling, American League - football, basketball, golf, hockey and many others. There are national sports.