Steffi Nerius prepares to throw the Javelin - German Champs (© Bongarts/Getty Images)
The German Athletics Federation (DLV) has announced the team for the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki.
46 athletes were nominated by the DLV, who will additionally send all four relay teams to Finland in August. So all together at present the team will consist of 62 athletes. This would be the smallest team the DLV has ever sent to an IAAF World Championship. But a couple of athletes may join the team after the European Junior and the European U23 Championships.
A number of athletes are already included who have not quite met the qualifying standard by the federation. For the first time the DLV had asked athletes to break the standard twice (except in long distance events from 10,000m onwards and the multiple events).
Danny Ecker and Lars Riedel are prominent names who have been nominated despite having reached the qualifying standard just once this season.
The controversial double breaking of the standard has now been topped off by the federation as officials have asked athletes to also confirm their form in the second half of July. Athletes are expected to at least reach the B Standard.
Jörg Wenig for the IAAF
The German team for Helsinki:
Men:
100m: Tobias Unger
200m: Tobias Unger
4x100m: Marc Blume, Alexander Kosenkow, Marius Broening, Tobias Unger plus either Sebastian Ernst or Till Helmke
400m: Simon Kirch
4x400m: Simon Kirch, Bastian Swillims, Florian Seitz, Kamghe Gaba, Ralf Riester
800m: Rene Herms
110m H: Thomas Blaschek
400m H: Christian Duma
3000m SC: Filmon Ghirmai
20km Walk: Andre Höhne
HJ: Roman Fricke
PV: Tim Lobinger, Danny Ecker, Lars Börgeling
LJ: Nils Winter
TJ: Charles Friedek
SP: Ralf Bartels, Detlef Bock
DT: Lars Riedel, Michael Möllenbeck, Robert Harting
HT: Markus Esser, Karsten Kobs, Holger Klose
JT: Mark Frank, Christian Nicolay
Decathlon: Andre Niklaus
Women:
200m: Birgit Rockmeier
4x100m: Birgit Rockmeier, Jala Gangnus, Katja Wakan, Verena Sailer plus Sabrina Mulrain or Sandra Möller
4x400m: Claudia Hoffmann, Korinna Fink, Claudia Marx plus two places not decided yet
800m: Monika Gradzki
10,000m: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
Marathon: Luminita Zaituc
100m H: Kirsten Bolm
400m H: Claudia Marx
20km Walk: Sabine Zimmer, Melanie Seeger
PV: Carolin Hingst
LJ: Bianca Kappler
SP: Petra Lammert, Nadine Kleinert, Christina Schwanitz
DT: Franka Dietzsch
HT: Betty Heidler, Susanne Keil, Kathrin Klaas
JT: Steffi Nerius, Christina Obergföll
Heptathlon: Sonja Kesselschläger, Karin Ertl plus Lilli Schwartzkopf or Christine Schulz
