The Olympic Games in Tokyo are expected to take place around a year later.
Twelve athletes are also involved.
For some of them, being there is far from everything.
Munich - Exactly 434 German athletes are traveling to Tokyo for the DOSB.
The Olympic Games will begin there on July 23.
Twelve people from Munich are also there.
We introduce them.
Clemens Wickler (26, beach volleyball):
In the meantime, the man from Starnberg, who was named German beach volleyball player of the year in 2018 and 2019, is primarily at home in Hamburg. There he became vice world champion in 2019 with partner Julius Thole. And there is also a medal for the duo in Tokyo. However, the power density is high. In the world rankings, Wickler / Thole are sixth.
Carina Wimmer (25, air pistol *):
The young woman from Niedertaufkirchen is probably the most unknown participant from the region.
With her surprising European Championship title in Croatia in May, the marksman, who lives in Munich and trains in Garching, paved her way to Japan herself.
The 25-year-old student is certainly not one of the favorites there.
She receives support from team colleague Monika Karsch.
The 38-year-old from the HSG Regensburg won silver in Rio in 2016 - and is sure to have one or two pieces of advice ready.
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Likes to dig for life: Clemens Wickler dreams of a medal in beach volleyball.
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Olympia in Tokyo: Zeidler is Munich's gold hope - wrestler Schell bought ticket almost two years ago
Oliver Zeidler (24, rowing *):
The rower from Schwaig is Munich's gold hope. In the one, Zeidler won, among other things, the European Championship title this year. The 24-year-old comes from a family of rowers. Grandpa Hans-Johann Färber won Olympic gold in 1972 in the four. Sister, aunt and uncle are also successful rowers. Nevertheless, Zeidler initially decided to swim. In 2018 he rowed in a World Cup for the first time - and made the world's best sweat straight away.
Anna Schell (27, wrestling *):
Hardly any athlete had the planning security of Anna Schell.
The wrestler, who starts for SC Isaria Unterföhring, has known since September 2019 that she will be there.
At the World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won bronze in her weight class up to 68 kilograms.
In the battle for third place, the 27-year-old defeated the 2016 Olympic champion, Sara Dosho.
Theresa Stoll (25, Judo *):
If Theresa Stoll from TSV Großhadern has beaten her opponent, she can do first aid herself.
The 25-year-old judoka is studying medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University.
She won 14 of 20 fights in 2021, and at this year's World Cup she also took bronze in her weight class up to 57 kilograms.
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Does he clear at the Olympics in Tokyo?
Oliver Zeidler is one of the world's rowing elite.
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Olympia in Tokyo: tennis trio eager to travel and two 800-meter runners
Kevin Krawietz (29), Jan-Lennard Struff (31), Philipp Kohlschreiber (37, tennis *):
The three German tennis stars always sit on packed suitcases.
In Munich they only serve sporadically, especially when they play for the TC Großhesselohe.
For Kohlschreiber from Augsburg, his second games could be his last big career highlight.
Struff was also there in 2016, but failed in round one.
French Open winner Kevin Krawietz is good for a surprise in doubles with Tim Pütz.
Christina Hering (26, 800 m):
For the 800-meter runner from LG Stadtwerke München it will be the second summer games after Rio 2016. Hering cracked the norm in 2019. In Brazil it was not enough for the semi-finals.
That should change in Tokyo.
The 26-year-old presented herself in good shape at the dress rehearsal in Belgium.
With a 1: 59.95 she stayed under two minutes for the first time this year.
Katharina Trost (26, 800 m):
In contrast to Hering, training partner Katharina Trost only secured her participation shortly before - and how!
On June 20, she ran a 1: 58.68 in Poland, around one second below the standard time, and thus qualified for her first games.
The prospective primary school teacher also hopes for the semi-finals.
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Double expert: Kevin Krawietz is one of three tennis stars from Munich.
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Olympia in Tokyo: gymnastics master Dauser for the second time - premiere for sailor Lutz
Lukas Dauser (28, gymnastics *):
For a long time it was quiet about the multiple German gymnastics champion from TSV Unterhaching.
Injuries threw the 28-year-old back time and again - until spring.
Then the bar specialist reported back impressively with bronze at the EM in Basel in April.
In June he bought his Tokyo ticket.
For Dauser it will be the second Olympic Games after Rio.
The Berliner by choice, however, is not one of the precious metal candidates.
Tina Lutz (30, sailing):
The 30-year-old from the Chiemsee Yacht Club was born in Munich - and therefore not a typical Olympic sailor.
It is the first time she and her partner Susann Beucke (Kiel) have taken part.
In 2012, the duo narrowly failed in the qualification and then in a legal dispute against the German sailing association.
They recommended themselves for Tokyo in a sporty way.
However, the European champions of 2020 are not among the favorites.
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