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As usual at the end of each Olympic season there are so many retreats and several changes in the technical staffs of the various nations. Take stock of the situation on the "Waltz of the coaches" in the main movements.
Sunday 6 April 2014 6 minutes reading time
GERMANIAUwe Müßiggang, who held the role of "federal trainer" (the equivalent of the Director'' competitive), will retire to private life and his position will be abolished. You will return then the system is pre-2010 when the men's team and the femminie were completely independent. Both sectors continue to be entrusted to a tandem of technicians.
 Mark Kirchner will confirmed at the helm of the men where it will be flanked by Andreas Stitzl (former coach of Kati Wilhelm and technical staff already in the men's team) that will the place of the outgoing Fritz Fischer.
It is not yet clear what will happen in the women. In late February Pfüller Thomas, general secretary of the German federation, had rung the death knell for Gerald Hönig and Ricco Groß, current tandem under the command of women, but there are no official decision on the matter.
RUSSIA Probably will change the technical guides from both sectors.
In the men's head coach Nikolay Lopukhov should not be confirmed and the favorite to take his place would Kaspiarovich Alexander, spent this season as the team's technical "reserves," as well as working closely with the junior.
The women's team in 2013 - 14'' divided between the group and the one followed by Vladimir Korolkevich followed by Wolfgang Pichler, both under the supervision of Alexander Selifonov should pass under the sole direction of Korolkevich.
Obviously not find Pichler Federal panel space, so as Lopukhov, which would have had disagreements with the federation. Selifonov instead could take the place of Kaspiarovich.
NORWAY Roger Grubben, assistant coach of the men's team, abandon its role. However it is not except that it can return to being the personal trainer of Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. They might instead remain in place agonistic director Per-Arne Botnan'' s head coach Nordby male Espen Andersen and the'' female head coach Egil Gjelland.
AUSTRIARemo Krug, the German coach arrived in 2012 to revive the fortunes of the men's movement Austrian, will not be confirmed. Although he has had success in the task assigned to him, the federation announced that the long-term program aimed at the World Cup in Hochfilzen 2017 provides home training methods are completely different from those used by Krug. In the next few days will be chosen his replacement.
REPUBLIC CECAOndrej Rybar, head coach of the men said to want to spend most of the family and as a result of wanting to leave his position. The final decision will be taken before the end of April. The favorite to take the place of Rybar would Tomas Kos, currently included in technical cadres of Slovenia.
FINLANDIANonostante winning the overall World Cup by Kaisa Mäkäräinen, the Finnish federation decided not to accept the head coach since Jari Karinkanta Ristijärvi of the thirty-one years he trains with his technical staff, and the rest of the team (especially among men) is stayed away from the targets. Yet to decide on the replacement.
SWITZERLAND The Swiss federation has already announced in late February that the'' Italian Armin Auchentaller take the place of Markus Segessenmann leading the women's team.
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