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The naturalized Canadian Russian Ivan Babikov has announced his retirement from & rsquo; activity & agrave; competitive and l & rsquo; entry in the technical staff of the leaf national d & rsquo; maple.
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L & rsquo; now 36-year old affiancher & agrave; Louis Bouchard as head of the national teams in view, especially, of the 2018 Olympics In particular Bouchard ricoprir & agrave; the role of head coach of the team based in the Training Centre Pierre Harvey, in Quebec, while Babikov will deal & agrave; Team based in Canmore.
These are the words of Tom Holland, Director of the Canadian teams, the new role of Babikov: & ldquo; Ivan & egrave; was a tireless athlete in his 10 years in our team, I hope the same commitment also in the role of coach & rdquo ;.
For its part Babikov & egrave; excited: & ldquo; I always had the & rsquo; goal of one day becoming a coach to be able to share us memorize options I have learned and experienced throughout my career with the pi & ugrave boys; young. I hope I can help them achieve their dreams & rdquo ;.
Ivan Babikov retires cos & igrave; after 10 seasons played under the Canadian flag, he and & egrave; born and raised in Russia. It boasts three podium finishes in top-level competitions, curiously all obtained in climbing to Cermis, which won in 2009 and where he came second in 2013 and third in 2014.
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