Sunday, August 8th, 2021
National coach is badly poked
Kristina Vogel causes a lot of trouble
She is a record world champion and two-time Olympic champion, so Kristina Vogel knows what she’s talking about. But her tactic criticism of the German track cyclists is not well received. The national coach drives a sharp counterattack against the Olympic expert of the ZDF.
The criticism from record world champion Kristina Vogel is not well received in the German track bike camp. “I don’t think Kristina is capable of judging it. She wasn’t necessarily the most tactically variable racing driver either. She did a lot about physical and mental strength,” said national coach Detlef Uibel. ZDF expert Vogel had previously complained that the team lacked a tactical trainer. “Every country down there has a national coach for the tactics, except we don’t,” the paraplegic Vogel complained, but the criticism was not related to Uibel, but called for an assistant coach. “I would have liked her to be a bit more objective and calm in the public discussion that she initiated,” added Uibel.
“I am still two-time Olympic champion and record world champion. You won’t be if you are tactically blind,” Vogel told the “Bild”. She, too, would have wished for someone in her career who would give her tactical support. “That was never a criticism of Detlef Uibel. I just say: You need a second person who might sit in the stands and analyze everything from a coach’s point of view and then talk to those who the national coach understandably can’t take care of “said Vogel of the” picture “. Of her own accord, she will not seek a conversation with Uibel: “If he sees it that way, then he sees it that way. I only say what I see from the outside. It was a tough day for him too. He’s suffering too with the athletes. Tomorrow he’ll see things differently. “
The veteran also found it less than nice that Vogel divulged during the TV broadcast that Maximilian Levy was going to be the junior national coach: “It’s all under discussion, but Kristina should maybe talk to me about it first. I heard she said it there are some things that people find strange. ” 34-year-old Levy, who finished sixth in the Keirin final, will end his career, said Uibel, who is looking forward to working with him again. “If he is committed to it, then all roads are open to him. We are glad that we can bring an experienced racing driver into this position.”
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