Germany will send just 21 swimmers to the World Championships in Rome.

Four of them are potential medal-winners, with new record holders Britta Steffen, Daniela Samulski, Paul Biedermann and several newcomers, including fast-suit bloomers Marco Koch, Benjamin Starke, Hendrik Feldwehr and Johannes Neumann.

TEAM ROSTER

Women (9)
Britta Steffen (Berlin)
Daniela Samulski (Essen)
Kerstin Vogel (Köln)
Sarah Poewe (Wuppertal)
Caroline Ruhnau (Essen)
Daniela Schreiber (Halle/S.)
Petra Dallmann (Heidelberg)
Isabelle Härle (Heidelberg)
Annika Mehlhorn (Baunatal)

Men (13)
Paul Biedermann (Halle/S.)
Helge Meeuw (Frankrurt)
Thomas Rupprath (Rostock)
Hendrik Feldwehr (Essen)
Johannes Neumann (Riesa)
Johannes Dietrich (Wiesbaden)
Jan Wolfgarten (Würzburg)
Felix Wolf (Potsdam)
Marco Koch (Darmstadt)
Clemens Rapp (Bad Saulgau)
Steffen Deibler (Hamburg)
Benjamin Starke (Berlin)
Yannick Lebherz (Darmstadt)