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After two years of great satisfaction you break the association between the coach Nicola Minichiello and the Dutch Federation.
Monday 14 April 2014 2 minutes reading time
Minichiello thirty-six years recently completed, after a long career as a pilot characterized by un'oro world in 2009 and finished prematurely in 2011 with a serious knee injury in the last two seasons had taken the lead in the men's team and women's bobsled countries Netherlands.
During these two years the performance of the team "orange" is grown considerably especially in women, in particular with Esme Kamphuis, able to achieve a remarkable fourth place overall at the last Olympics in Sochi. Words of praise for the work of the young coach have come from the president of the federation Dutchman Frans Bakker that the microphones of the national television said, "We took a big risk two years ago when we decided to change coach, but now looking at the results that we can not ever say that this choice is proved to be more appropriate. "
The president himself has not yet leaked the name of the future coach of the Netherlands. A similar situation of uncertainty on the future of Minichiello at the moment has not yet decided what it will do in the next season.
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