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The head coach of the men's team German Mark Kirchner announced the four athletes who will participate in the men's sprint on Saturday, the opening race of the Olympic program, which has been ruled a bigwig like Andreas Birnbacher.
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"Andi has created a need to refocus on the opportunities that will be granted and accepted the decision calmly, with great team spirit. Birnbacher will compete in the 20 km and could be given a chance also to Daniel Böhm. We here in Sochi six men and none of them will do as a tourist, "said Kirchner.
So the quartet of Germany in the sprint will be Simon Schempp, Arnd Peiffer, Erik Lesser and Christoph Stephan. This is not a complete surprise because the four athletes selected have achieved the best overall results in the season in the trial of two polygons and in the'' noble pursuit compared to thirty-two in Bavaria.
Birnbacher will then make a monster performance in'' individual if he wants to gain access to the starting line.
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