UPDATED: World Championship team nominations

With the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf barely a week away, the first teams have announced their starters for the title events. Among the nominated athletes are local heroes Vinzenz Geiger and Johannes Rydzek, who will get to live their dream of a home Wold Championship.

AUT
Lisa Hirner
Sigrun Kleinrath
Claudia Purker
Annalena Slamik

Martin Fritz
Lukas Greiderer
Thomas Jöbstl
Johannes Lamparter
Mario Seidl

FIN
Ilkka Herola
Eero Hirvonen
Wille Karhumaa
Perttu Reponen
Otto Niittykoski

FRA
Lena Bocard

Matteo Baud
Gael Blondeau
Antoine Gerard
Lauent Mühlethaler

GER
Maria Gerboth
Cindy Haasch
Sophia Maurus
Jenny Nowak
Svenja Würth

Vinzenz Geiger
Eric Frenzel
Manuel Faißt
Fabian Rießle
Johannes Rydzek
Terence Weber

ITA
Annika Sieff
Daniela Dejori
Lena Prinoth

Alessando Pittin
Samuel Costa
Aaron Kostner
Raffaele Buzzi

JPN
Anju Nakamura
Sana Azegami
Ayane Miyazaki
Yuna Kasai

Akito Watabe
Hideaki Nagai
Yoshito Watabe
Ryota Yamamoto
Kodai Kimura

NOR
Gyda Westvold Hansen
Marte Leinan Lund
Mari Leinan Lund
Hanna Midtsundstad
Mille Moen Flatla

Jarl Magnus Riiber
Jørgen Graabak
Espen Bjørnstad
Jens Lurås Oftebro
Einar Lurås Oftebro
Espen Andersen

POL 
Szczepan Kupczak
Andrzej Szczechowicz

USA
Tess Arnone
Alexa Brabec
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Annika Malacinski

Taylor Fletcher
Jasper Good
Ben Loomis
Niklas Malacinski
Jared Shumate