Word: tarpishchev
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...only in 1988, when tennis was restored as a medal Olympic sport, that the state slowly began to support the game. The regime kept a special tennis coach for the top members of the Communist Party, as well as spies and diplomats - "to make contacts and develop sources," Tarpishchev says. Tennis was compulsory as well for the cosmonauts' training program as the only game that fully relaxes one's brain. But the real breakthrough happened in 1990, when Yeltsin was photographed on a tennis court in shorts. His immense popularity at the time helped bring tennis to the masses. "Several...
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