After saying goodbye to Tokyo and a welcome party at home, the German Olympians begin to come to terms with the mixed summer games.
With the lowest number of medals since reunification, the rest of the delegation of the German Olympic Sports Confederation will return on Monday and be received at the Frankfurt Römer (3 p.m.).
Shortly before the closing ceremony on Sunday evening in Japan's capital, the German team had to cope with the horror of the second Corona case.
Pentathlon sports director Susanne Wiedemann had tested positive and is not allowed to leave Japan for the time being.
In particular, the DOSB tips should arrive at Frankfurt Airport on Monday afternoon, quite pensive.
The performance was "in the end a little weaker" than hoped, admitted Chief of Mission Dirk Schimmelpfennig.
37 medals are four fewer than the previous negative stamp from Beijing 2008. DOSB President Alfons Hörmann announced a “clean and complete analysis”.
"The DOSB is an obsolete model"
Swimming legend Michael Groß called for "a radical change, a clear structural reform" and campaigned for an independent organization only for competitive Olympic sport.
“The DOSB tanker is far too sluggish to respond quickly and specifically to the needs of the individual sports.
Translated again into the car world, this means: The DOSB is a discontinued model in competitive sport, ”said Groß to the portal“ t-online.de ”.
For the time being, however, German sport is likely to be preoccupied with the final aftermath of the Tokyo Games.
Cycling sports director Patrick Moster has been banned by the world association until the end of the year because of the racist derailment against two African athletes.
The Federation of German Cyclists has issued a warning to the functionary and is trying to limit the damage diplomatically.
The Olympics were also a major accident for the modern pentathletes. The riding drama about Annika Schleu and her refusing horse led to the Olympic exclusion of national trainer Kim Raisner, who allegedly punched the animal. Even the Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner intervened in the debate and described the events as "cruelty to animals". She expects “that this sport, as it exists now, will be rethought.” The German association DVMF has already submitted reform proposals to the world association.
Despite all the unrest, the German team leaders were happy that the Olympics in Japan could still take place a year later - albeit with strong corona restrictions and without spectators. "In conclusion, it was right and important that these games were played in Tokyo," said Schimmelpfennig.