European Championships will be hosted by Berlin April 4-10th.
First Hambuchen was injured out with a snapped Achilles.
Now another one of their stars, Matthias Fahrig, will miss the meet in his home country.
… The 25–year-old is joining the German army and will start the compulsory six week basic training on 1 March in order to be able to prepare intensively for the World Championships in October.
Until recently, Fahrig was one of the few members of the German men’s team not to have joined the army, choosing instead to pursue a career in the health and fitness industry. Fahrig’s employer, a clinic for sports rehabilitation, was unable to prolong his contract and he decided to join the army to secure his professional future and sporting career. As a member of a special sports group of the German army, athletes receive a monthly salary and are able to train full time.
… The cost is picked up by the German taxpayer. Fahrig also needs to undergo treatment on his jaw, he already had a number of operations in the run-up to the 2010 World Championships. …
German head coach Andreas Hirsch has stated that the team’s main focus is on the Tokyo World Championships in October where they want to qualify to the Olympics. …
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Fabian Hambüchen, Philipp Boy, Marcel Nguyen, Matthias Fahrig and Evgeny Spiridonov were the team that won Europeans last time round.
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