Sailing - Sailing head coach leaves the ship in the Olympic final sprint
DSV head coach Marcus Lynch is moving to the sailing association US Sailing on the Olympic home straight. The Briton is taking over the position of Director of Competitive Sports with a view to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
This means that the German Sailing Team of the German Sailing Association(DSV), which won three medals in Japan in 2021, will begin its final spurt towards Marseille 2024 without its Olympic Performance Manager. Olympic bronze medallists Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer from the Kiel Yacht Club are particularly affected. After seven years of working together, the catamaran crew are losing their individual coach, with whom they won bronze in Japan and with whom they wanted to compete for gold again in 2024.
"The news about Marcus came as a shock to us on November 30. We had an almost familial relationship. The separation was unthinkable for us," said helmsman Paul Kohlhoff, describing his initial reaction. In the meantime, the man from Kiel has said combatively that his crew has "grown closer together and is more motivated than ever". Regarding the search for a new coach, he said: "We have good options in the pipeline that we are looking into."
DSV sports director Nadine Stegenwalner also sees her medal candidates in a good position: "They are a strong team. It's not their first Games. There will be solutions." Commenting on Lynch's "unexpected" departure at a critical time, Stegenwalner said: "We enjoyed working together and did not expect this." The association will handle the separation "professionally". She does not believe that the performance of the German Sailing Team is at risk. They have "taken a good path" and will continue to do so without Marcus Lynch.
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Source: www.stern.de
