So says Oleg Ostapenko who left Brazil to return to the Ukrainian women’s national team.
International Gymnast confirms it.
Ostapenko was the head coach of the Ukrainian women at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, as well as the personal coach of Ukrainian standouts Tatiana Lysenko, Natalia Kalinina and Viktoria Karpenko.
He also worked with Lilia Podkopayeva, the 1995 World and 1996 Olympic all-around champion.
Ostapenko and his wife, Nadia Ostapenko, moved to Brazil in 2001. They worked at the national training center in Curitiba, and helped oversee a strong improvement in the Brazilian women’s team.
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The Ukrainian women finished 11th in Beijing, their worst team performance in history. The team finished fourth at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Good news for Ukraine. Bad news for Brazil. What will they do now?
So many problems in Brazil!
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