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Only 4 girls at the start
The German Federation surprised everyone by revealing its selection for Antholz's stage by choosing only four girls instead of six.
Only Franziska Preuss, Selina Grotian, Stefanie Scherer and Sophia Schneider will go to Italy.
Vanessa Voigt, considered once again out of shape, is preparing for the Worlds of Lenzerheide and Julia Tannheimer treats a big cold. Logically, these two athletes should have been replaced but the staff made a surprising choice.
“We prefer to keep our other biathletes, especially young people, to participate in the next European championships, because we want to win as many medals as possible.” said Felix Bitterling, the sports director.
On the other hand, the men's team, which still cannot compete with the Norwegians and the French, will be complete with Nawrath, Strelow, Kuehn, Riethmueller, Horn and Rees.
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