By Oene Rusticus<\/p>\n
AMSTERDAM, April 10. THE international guessing game, "Where Is Inky?," finally ended this week when
\ntriple Olympic and World Championships gold medalist Inge de Bruijn and her coach Paul Bergen decided to part ways after six successful years. <\/p>\n
Bergen led Inky to twelve world records, making her Swimming World<\/i>'s female "World Swimmer of the Year" in both 2000 and 2001.<\/p>\n
Paul Bergen is a tough coach — precisely what de Bruijn needed to perform well. But after six hard years living in a hotel room in Beaverton, Oregon, she\u2019s moving back to her home country, The Netherlands. <\/p>\n
The "magic" was gone between them, according to De Bruijn, so it was better for both to go their separate ways. <\/p>\n
De Bruijn didn\u2019t participate in the European Championships in Berlin last summer because she wasn\u2019t fit enough, according to Bergen. Earlier in 2002, she split up with her Dutch coach (and boyfriend), Jacco Verhaeren.<\/p>\n
Inky joins Top Swimming Amsterdam, the pro swim team from the nation's capital. Fedor Hes will be her new coach, and she\u2019ll be training alongside Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis, teammates with whom she hopes to surprise the world in the 400 freestyle relay at the World Championships in Barcelona. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s very ambitious and wants to show herself at the Athens Olympics,\u201d according to coach Hes. \u201cBut we\u2019re going to take this step by step, first the Dutch Nationals, April 24-27, which are also Trials for the World Championships. Then we\u2019ll see how it goes. She has been training with us for several days now, and everything is going well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inge's arrival is expected to have a big impact on the other members of the team. Coach Hes has had good conversations with them about the consequences, but the swimmers only see advantages. \u201cFor the young guys it\u2019s great, of course, to have Inge with us. All swimmers can gain from her presence. She brings a wealth of experience with her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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