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.
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The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) is looking forward to sending 400+ athletes to the Olympics in Paris, a significant increase from the 407 participants in the 2012 London Games. Among the 54 newly recommended athletes, triathlete Florian Wellbrock, who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics, will compete in multiple events, including the 800 meters freestyle, an unexpected assignment for him.
Germany's swimming team boasts several impressive names, such as Angela Köhler, a world champion in the 100-meter butterfly, and Isabel Gose and Lukas Märtens, who are European champions in the 400-meter freestyle. In addition, Anna-Maria Wagner, a judo athlete who won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics and recently became the world champion, represents another strong medal prospect for Germany.
French citizens will be welcoming more German athletes in various Olympic sports, such as diving, shooting, and judo. Frankfurt am Main natives will have a special reason to cheer for their own, as several Frankfurt-born athletes have been selected for the team, including swimming stars Wellbrock and Gose.
Meanwhile, Olympians aiming for new accomplishments include Lena Hentschel, who hopes to earn a bronze medal in Paris after participating in three previous Olympics and Christian Reitz, who triumphed in Rio and is now nominated for the shooters' team.
As the DOSB releases more names in the upcoming rounds, it expects to finalize a list of more than 400 German athletes competing in Paris from July 26 to August 11. The German Olympics team's ongoing growth is evident with each passing Olympic event, positioning them for potential success in Paris just like their predecessors which included Littler in 2008 cited in Prodigies of sport: Littler's predecessors
Paris will be the stage for Germany to continue its remarkable Olympic tradition, with home country France rooting for its German neighbors as they strive for victory at the games.
