A gaffe Tikhonov reveals that Ricco Gross would "secretly" working for Russia?

After a month and a half of silence we talk of Ricco Gross and his affair looks more and more & ugrave; a spy story. Latest news give the 'German coach to work as a "ghost" of the Russian men's team.

Wednesday 8 July 2015 4 minutes reading time

For those who missed the genesis of the situation & egrave; should be remembered that as Gross was about to marry in Russia since the beginning of April and are then added to the coaching staff once formalized Russian teams. However in mid & agrave; May also Germany has indicated the 'now in its forty-five technical staff and a few days later, a spokesman said DSV "Gross & egrave; our coach and is working with us." Yesterday Aleksander Tikhonov, strong man of Russian biathlon, committed what has all the 'air of being a gaffe by writing on his blog: "Today I was in Raubichi. I talked to the coaches Alexander Popov, Vladimir Bragin and Ricco Gross. The climate & egrave; perfect and there are no complaints on the preparation or the 'organization. The training conditions are excellent and we are preparing for the National Championships of Tchaikovsky. " Curiously, a few hours after Tikhonov has corrected its message and has deleted the name of Gross, however, remained in the cache of Google that has thus proven wrong correction. Perch & eacute; the volcanic sixty-eight he felt the need to change what is written? & nbsp; According to the head sports.ru one of the groups of the Russian team (the one which includes among others Evgeny Garanichev, Dmitry Malyshko, Timofey Lapshin, Maxim Tsvetkov and Alexey Slepov) is training since spring according to plans drawn up by Gross, which would be present in both the Stage of Ruhpolding and in the current Raubichi. However, the 'former biathlete has not yet solved its working relationship with the' German army, and then formally could not follow Russia. In short, officially Gross & egrave; a coach of Germany, but de facto he is working for Russia. One wonders whether there is some kind of gentlemen's agreement between the two federations waiting for a solution for the position of coach. In this case his move to Russia would be a true "open secret". Otherwise, the technician would aggregate "clandestinely" to the Russian team, for which he could work.

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