Rico gross joined the coaching staff of the men's national team of Russia on biathlon
MOSCOW, Aug 12 - R-Sport. Four-time Olympic champion German specialist Rico gross joined the coaching staff of the men's national team of Russia on biathlon, the contract with the Russian biathlon Union (RBU) is calculated up to the end of the season-2017/18, is notified on the official Internet representation of the RBU.
Gross, together with the Russian expert Vladimir Bragin will work with a group of athletes who are preparing for the world Cup 2015/16. Before nine-time world champion gross did not want to become a head coach of the female national team of Ukraine, and soon the head of the Russian biathlon Union Alexander Kravtsov confirmed that the Union sees the German as one of the candidates for the post of coach of the men's national team of the Russian Federation.
Gross was born 22 August 1970 in bad Hat (GDR). Biathlon started in 1983, and at the age of 20 years was in the main national team of Germany. In the form of a biathlete became a four-time Olympic champion, nine-time world champion in biathlon.
in 2007, gross finished sports career, and then from 2007 to 2010 he studied at the Coaching Academy of the German Olympic sports Union in Cologne, and since the season 2010/11 he worked with primary and backup teams of Germany biathlon.
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