From the official press release:
Gymnastics Canada is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Vladimir Lashin as the new Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) National Coach / High Performance Director. Mr. Lashin is a university graduate from the State central Institute of physical education in Moscow, Russia, an NCCP Level 4 certified coach as well as FIG Academy expert since 2008. He has many years of working experience with the WAG National Team athletes and coaches in Canada, Australia and Russia. …
Mr. Lashin will start his new full time duties on June 1st 2009 (on a part basis as of May 19).
Lashin has been coaching at Omega in Vancouver, Canada along with his wife Svetlana.
He was coach of Gael Mackie, now at Utah. And a number of other prominent FIG gymnasts
I don’t know the man. But his reputation is a demanding, old school east European style. I’m not convinced that’s what Canada needs right now.
His tenure will be controversial, I predict.
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