BullsFan22 said:
Knauthe, Burgermeister and Kramer (former German and Swiss coach and also Johan Muehlegg's old coach).
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in a way, the 'clean' perception these european coaches exude, is the opposite of their domestic coaches reputations.
it could all be a complete sham, but when they extend rich contracts to the germans, swiss, norwegians they are sending a message to the fis anti-dopers, 'look, we are trying hard to break away with the past.. our best are trained now by the same europeans as 'your' best...' particularly with cherno being trained by a norwegian...
for all i know, it could be as serious an effort as it looks genuine. their 'kaminskis and perevozchikovs' are now pressed into a competition to produced the results, or face forced retirements.
and take a look at the today's results in rybinsk -4 of the top 5 are either current or former burgemeister russians.
a more sophisticated doping program aside, personally, i dont know what exactly burgermeister can offer them training-wise, the russians don't already know
one thing that i picked up from several of their interviews (cherno for instance) is that euro coaches are better at teaching self-awareness. things like, health fragility, recovery, over-training, race planning, nutrition...
reto himself was never caught doping, but he did have a vacation for a high hmg once, iirc.