German head coach Werner Schuster named a total of 13 athletes to his team for the first two competitions of the 64th 4-Hills-Tournament.

Besides Severin Freund, Richard Freitag, Andreas Wellinger, Andreas Wank, Stephan Leyhe und Marinus Kraus, who were already competing in the recent World Cups, a national group will get the chance to participate in the first events of this highlight in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

This group will consist of Karl Geiger and David Siegel, who won the two Continental Cup competitions last weekend, veteran Michael Neumayer, Tim Fuchs, Pius Paschke, Markus Eisenbichler and Paul Winter.

Award for Freund

Team leader Severin Freund, who is one of the top favorites for this 4-Hills-Tournament after his performances this winter, came in second, close behind triathlete Jan Frodeno, in the vote for Germany's "Athlete of the Year" by sports journalists.

Source: fis-ski.com