Yves Kieffer to coach in Belgium

Controversial French coach Yves Kieffer (who coached Emilie Lepennec and Isabelle Severino) is taking over the National Team program.

Gerrit Beltman is out. Also departing are coaches Marja Beltman, Rene Poutsma and Sofie Naert.

Kieffer and his wife Marjorie Heuls take over in January, along with Iouri Kiritchenko and Valentina Soldatenkova.

The drama has been documented by Triple Full – Yves Kieffer to Coach Flemish Girls After All

Gerrit Beltman sounds like my kind of coach. I wish he’d move to Canada.

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UPDATE: … ” national champion Aagje Vanwalleghem accused the Flemish Gymnastics Federation of ignoring its gymnasts’ wishes on national TV, and asked the President of the Federation, Rik Dombrecht, to resign.” – Triple Full

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