Olympic Events - DOSB recommends 54 more participants for the Paris games.
The DOSB has chosen to add 54 more individuals to the team for the upcoming Summer Games in Paris. These athletes hail from five distinct sports: swimming (25), diving (9), shooting (7), judo (7), and triathlon (6). As a result, there will be a total of 67 German participants in the event.
Florian Wellbrock, a Tokyo Olympics winner, is one of the most essential names in the second round of nominations. Angela Köhler, a world champion over 100 meters butterfly, as well as Isabel Gose and Lukas Märtens, who each won the European Championship in the 400-meter freestyle, are among the swimmers selected.
Wellbrock will participate in the 10K open water event, the 1500 and 800 meters freestyle competitions in the pool. It is rather unexpected that he has been given the 800 meters assignment, with Wellbrock having only placed third in Germany when two spots were available. Wellbrock will compete in the 800 meters, taking the spot that Klemet, who is now nominated for the 400 meters and open water, had previously occupied.
There are other Olympic medal winners among the nominees. Anna-Maria Wagner, who won two bronze medals in Tokyo and recently earned the title of world champion, is a significant German medal prospect in judo. Lena Hentschel is aiming for a bronze medal in Paris after participating in three previous Olympics. Christian Reitz, who was victorious in Rio, is included among the shooters.
The DOSB intends to reveal hundreds more athletes in the coming weeks through three additional rounds of nominations. The organization anticipates having a team of more than 400 individuals taking part in the games from July 26 to August 11.
Four years ago, at the London Olympics, the team had 407 members; in 2016, it had 452 people at the Games in Rio de Janeiro; and at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, there were 434 participants.
