Blum leads big German team for Debrecen – 20-year-old Christian Blum leads a strong German team for the forthcoming European Athletics U23 Championships in Debrecen.

With a 100m best of 10.26, Blum, pictured right, will be looking to put pressure on Craig Pickering, who will be the favourite to take the 100m crown.
Verena Sailer, who is currently second on the European 100m lists leads the women\’s team.
German team for European Athletics U23 Championships

100m
Christian Blum (LAC Quelle Fürth/München)
Aleixio Platini Menga (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)

200m
Christian Blum (LAC Quelle Fürth/München)
Daniel Schnelting (LAZ Rhede)

4 x 100 m
Christian Blum,
Aleixio Platini Menga,
Daniel Schnelting,
Sven Mehlhorn (LAC Erdgas Chemnitz),
Christian Poser (SC Potsdam),
Nils Müller (TSV Friedbnerg-Fauerbach)

400m
Matthias Bos (TV Gladbeck)
Jonas Plas (Team Wendelstein)

4 x 400m
Matthias Bos,
Jonas Plas,
Martin Grothkopp (Dresdner SC),
Sebastian Schäfer,
Florian Schwalm (beide TSV Friedberg-Fauerbach)

800m
René Bauschinger (LAC Quelle Fürth/München)
Martin Conrad (SC Potsdam)

1500m
Ricardo Giehl (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)
Falko Zauber (LG Nord Berlin)

10,000m
Christian Glatting (TV Wattenscheid)
Zelalem Martel (LG Neckar/Enz)

110m H
Paul Dittmer (MTV Hanstedt)
Alexander John (LAZ Leipzig)
Jens Werrmann (LAZ Zweibrücken)

20km Walk
Michael Krause (LG Offenburg)
Carsten Schmidt (SC Potsdam)
Hannes Tonat (Erfurter LAC)

High jump
Benjamin Lauckner (LAC Erdgas Chemnitz)

Pole vault
Tobias Scherbarth (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)
Michael Frauen (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)
Hendrik Gruber (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)

Long Jump
Lucas Jakubczyk (SCC Berlin)
Remigius Roskosch (TV Heppenheim)

Discus
Martin Wierig (SC Magdeburg)
Markus Münch (LG Wedel/Pinneberg)

Javelin
Alexander Vieweg (SV Schlau.com Saar 05 Saarbrücken)

Decathlon
Pascal Behrenbruch (LG Eintracht Frankfurt)
Michael Schrader (LAV Bayer Uerdingen/Dormagen)

100m

Verena Sailer (LAC Quelle Fürth/München) (pictured right)

200m
Mareike Peters (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)

4 x 100m
Verena Sailer, Mareike Peters,
Katja Börner (SC Magdeburg),
Jala Gangnus (LG Weserbergland),
Anne-Kathrin Elbe (TSV Bayer Leverkusen),
Anne Möllinger (MTG Mannheim)

100 m Hurdles
Nadine Hildebrand (LAZ Sala. Kornwesth./Lu.)
Stephanie Lichtl (LAZ Sala. Kornwesth./Lu.)
Carolin Nytra (Bremer LT)

3000 m Steeplechase
Verena Dreier (LG Sieg)
Julia Hiller (LAC Quelle Fürth/München)
Carolin Lang (LC Rothaus Breisgau)

High Jump
Annett Engel (SC Potsdam)

Pole vault
Silke Spiegelburg (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)
Anna Battke (USC Mainz)
Anna Schultze (LG Filstal)

Shot Put
Denise Hinrichs (SC Neubrandenburg)
Josephine Terlecki (LG Ohra Hörselgas)

Discus
Nadine Müller (Hallesche LAF)
Heike Koderisch (SC Magdeburg)
Jessica Kolotzei (LG Nord Berlin)

Javelin
Annika Suthe (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)
Linda Stahl (TSV Bayer Leverkusen)
Franziska Krebs (SCC Berlin)

Hepthatlon
Julia Mächtig (SC Neubrandenburg)
Maren Schwerdtner (SC Neubrandenburg)
Ulrike Hartz (Hallesche LAF)