Honored Basketball Coach of Russia Igor Grudin in a conversation with a correspondent, he said he encountered no prejudice in France, where he moved to work and seek treatment for cancer.
Grudin led the women’s national team from 1994 to 1995 and from 2004 to 2008. Under his leadership, the Russian team won gold, silver and bronze at the European Championships, became second at the Championships of world of 2006 and also won bronze medals at the 2008 Olympics. Grudin ended his coaching career in 2009. Currently, the 78-year-old specialist lives in France, where he is being treated for cancer.
— In France, do you encounter prejudice that you are Russian?
– Not yet. I have wonderful relationships with people with whom I communicate at home and on the street. The President of the French Basketball Federation is my friend, we have very good and warm relations. And no one in the world of French basketball has ever said anything bad. The French treat the Russians well. I don’t know what will happen next, but that’s how it is at the moment,” Grudin told .
Source : MatchTV
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