Alekno&Marichev
Media reported that Russia Men’s NT head coach Vladimir Alekno already decided to leave the bench, but he denied it. The President of the Russian Volleyball Federation, Stanislav Shevchenko, emphasized that this body will make a decision on Alekno’s future in the Russian NT on the Presidium on September 23.
“Alekno could not officially leave. The Presidium would need to accept his resignation. We can say it is official only after it. But, there was no conversation with him on the topic,” Shevchenko said to “R-Sport”.
Under the leadership of Alekno, “Zbornaya” took fourth place at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and the contract with him was designed until the end of the tournament.
Unlike Alekno, the issue of the new head coach of Women’s National Team of Russia will not be discussed in upcoming Presidium.
“The question about the new head coach will not be raised at the Presidium. We can discuss on the future of Marichev as head coach but it is unlikely we will nominate someone else on the Presidium,” Russia Women’s NT supervisor Vladislav Fadeev stated.
He added that Presidum will rather focus on assessing the performance of the team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
With Marichev at the helm, Russian Women’s NT lost in the Rio quarterfinals to Serbia and left the Games without a medal. Marichev said he was willing to take the blame for the failure while, earlier, media wrote that he has already resigned as head coach.
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