Overview

• An extraordinary congress in Frankfurt installed Jan Langrehr and Lutz Keister as vice-presidents in a negotiated power-sharing deal to steer the DVMF.
• The compromise replaces the court-appointed interim board of Jan Veder and Leonard Langenkamp and is expected to unlock renewed federal support and performance-based nominations.
• The status of athletes' representatives remains unsettled, as the proposed replacements for Rebecca Langrehr and Patrick Dogue were not confirmed by delegates.
• Rebecca Langrehr will relocate to Charlotte, North Carolina, and compete for the USA after being removed from all German squads and losing her Bundeswehr post effective October 31.
• Co-athletes’ representative Patrick Dogue also lost squad status and his Bundeswehr job and says he will be forced to end his career; before the meeting, security briefly tried to remove him and Langrehr on an instruction later apologized for by Veder.