Vladimir Putin’s Olympic Aspirations

by December 20, 2009 2803 Views

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Vladimir Putin is out to prove that he still has what it takes to represent his country… in the sporting arena.

Russian television footage shows the black-belted leader putting his martial arts skills on display for the second time in two years, this time it was for the national judo team.

Putin is shown spending a little time throwing about compliant team members and the chief trainer, Olympic Gold medalist Ezio Gamba.

Reuters reports that following the training session, Putin made a suggestion to Gamba:

If you need direct help, you can include me in the team.

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C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
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