Honored coach of Russia Sergei Elevich in a conversation with , he supported his colleague Igor Grudin, who was suffering from cancer.
Earlier, Grudin, in an interview with , said that he had been fighting cancer for many years.
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.
— I haven’t spoken to Grudin in a while. He lives in France, but unfortunately I don’t have his phone number. But we are on good terms, we used to play together. Needless to say, he is a great coach, he has worked with the national team. I want to wish him good health. When you are over 70, of course, you only think about health and you don’t want anything else. I would like to support Igor in this difficult moment. I am with him in soul and heart,” Elevich told .
Source : MatchTV
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