The BR Volleys have a new player. The Russian Sergey Grankin, the Olympic champion in 2012, has signed a contract with the Berliners a contract until the end of the season. The 34-Year-old is entitled to at the home match against the VfB Friedrichshafen this Thursday (19 hours) game. “With a view to the course of the season and in close coordination with the team of trainers, we see a need in many Places for action,” said managing Director Kaweh Niroomand. “Our play, we try to consolidate with Sergey. Then the attack comes, hopefully, finally get into the swing of things. As in our Situation, the opportunity to commit such a prestigious player, we had to take this.“

Berlin is Grankins first foreign station

So coach Cedric Enard, there are now three game designers. For Grankin it is the first Foreign stop of his career. In his home country, the Russian distributed from 2006 to 2017, the balls at Dynamo Moscow. After a year with Belogorie Belgorod in season 2017/18, the players went back to the capital, where he left after a change of the Dynamo-club management a month ago, his year-long home-town club in the strife.

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“For me Berlin is an adventure,” said Grankin, who is immediately eligible for the German Champions game, however, in the Champions League, because he is in this season for Moscow in this competition. In his Vita of numerous successes, such as Russian champion, Russian Cup winner, Greek Cup winners, Champions-League-Second-world-League-winner and the Olympic gold medal in London in 2012. (Tsp)