DOUBLE GOLD
FOR wEISE
the German has now coached both the men aNd woman’s
team to Olympic gold! by Cathy Harris
Markus Weise must be wondering when his We have some outstanding players in the
luck will run out after a champagne-popping group with wonderful talent and mental
few weeks. Having masterminded the Ger- strength and we grew together through the
man women’s victory in Athens four years ago event.”
(when they shocked the hot favourites, Hol-
land, to capture the gold medal), he has just Having beaten Spain in the group matches,
repeated the feat in Beijing with the men’s the Germans triumphed 1-0 in the final
squad. thanks to a Christopher Zeller penalty cor-
ner goal. Weise said: “Spain have a fantastic
This followed his recent marriage to Britta team and are always capable of scoring – but
von Livonius, a former international, and the they didn’t and we did. We delivered when it
birth of their baby not long after his trium- counted most.”
phant return from China.
After a short break and the obligatory round
Weise, 46, a native of Mannheim where he of civic receptions and media appearances it’s
started his hockey career as a midfielder ad- back to earth for Weise at the Hamburg Mas-
mitted he couldn’t believe life could get much ters – a four nations event featuring Belgium,
better. Pakistan and Malaysia.
“I felt absolutely brilliant after we won the two
gold medals but they were achieved in very
different circumstances. It was a complete
fairy tale with the women because we weren’t
expected to overcome such a strong side
whilst with the men we had to overcome the
disappointment of failing to secure
automatic qualification and then
come through.
“Of course we always wanted to win
the gold and during the tournament
we had to pick ourselves up after a
slow start and finish strongly. We
prepared a talented group as well
as we could and sorted out a few
problems with honest and open
talks in the build up.
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