Team D won twelve gold medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, thus fulfilling the prediction of the renowned sports magazine “L’Équipe”.
Before the start of the Summer Olympics, “L’Équipe” had predicted twelve gold medals for the German team. The French sports magazine was right.
The paper predicted a total of 36 medals (12 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze) for Germany. Here, “L’Équipe” was only slightly off the mark. The German athletes ultimately won 33 medals in Paris (12 gold, 13 silver and eight bronze).
Im Medal table In the final standings, the team finished in tenth place. “L’Équipe” had predicted ninth position.
Overall fewer medals than in 2021
At the previous Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021, the German team was able to collect a total of 37 medals (ten gold, eleven silver and 16 bronze), which was equivalent to ninth place in the medal table.
At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Yemisi Ogunleye (shot put), Darja Varfolomeev (rhythmic gymnastics, all-around), Max Lemke and Jacob Schopf (kayak pair/canoe), Max Rendschmidt, Max Lemke, Jakob Schopf and Tom Liebscher-Lucz (kayak four/canoe), Christian Kukuk (show jumping), Svenja Brunckhorst, Sonja Greinacher, Marie Reichert and Elisa Mevius (3×3 basketball), Tim Hellwig, Lisa Tertsch, Lasse Lührs and Laura Lindemann (mixed relay/triathlon), Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (riding, dressage), Oliver Zeidler (rowing, single), Michael Jung (riding, eventing), Lukas Märtens (swimming, 400m freestyle) and Isabell Werth, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Frederic Wandres (Dressage team/ riding) Gold for Team D.
After the closing ceremony on Monday, a large part of the German delegation travelled by train from Paris to Cologne, where there was a reception in the historic town hall.
Source: www.sport.de
