Russian curlers did not justify the hopes of the fans at the Beijing Olympics. Dmitry Svishchev, president of the Russian Curling Federation, told Sport-Express about this.
“This is a bad performance. It is necessary to apologize for the performance of our women's team, we did not justify the hopes of the fans, specialists and the athletes themselves. In this case, the resignation of Sergei Belanov looks logical,” said Svishchev.
According to him, immediately after the Olympics, the federation's executive committee will be held, following which "certain decisions" will be made.
The coach left the Russian women's curling team after the failure at the 2022 Olympics The Russian women's team in Beijing won only one match out of nine, finishing last. The head coach of the team Sergei Belanov resigned.
Alina Kovaleva (skip), Yulia Portunova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina and Maria Komarova (reserve) played for the Russian national team at the Olympics.
Could not get out of the group and the men's team. The team won four matches and lost five.
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