According to the poll results, conducted by Levada-Centre on January 20-24, 2006, about 70 % of Russians intend to watch Olympic Games.
Almost one forth of respondents stated that they were going to watch TV broadcast of the Games systematically and in details, 46 % of the respondents are going to watch some sports of the Games time after time. Only 15 % of the interviewed stated that they had no interest in the Olympic games.
The most interesting sport of the winter Olympic Games for Russians turned out to be Figure skating (57%), hockey (35%) ТВ ski races (30%).
As for the results of the Games, most Russians expressed hope for better performance at the present Olympic games, then it was before. 44 % of Russians stated it. 29 % think that the results will be very much the same as last time, and 6 % think that the results will perform worse.
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