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Putin hopes to visit London Olympics to watch judo
June 20, 2012 - 5:27 AM
CORRECTS PRIME MINISTER PUTIN TO PRESIDENT PUTIN IN SECOND SENTENCE FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 file photo, the then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, is seen during judo training at a sports school in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he plans to come to London Olympics in private capacity and watch the judo competition. Putin said on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will lead the Russian official delegation at the games. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Government Press Service, file)
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he plans to come to London Olympics in private capacity and watch the judo competition.
Putin said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will lead the Russian official delegation at the games.
Putin, a judo black belt holder, has often been filmed practicing the sport and even recorded an instructional judo DVD.
The London Olympics take place from July 27 to Aug. 12.
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