BERLIN - FEBRUARY 02: (L-R) Uwe Froehlich president of the Federal Association of the German Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken, second place winner Harald Zeller of TuS 1921 Ellern and Otto Mayer of the Volksbank Hunsrueck-Nahe, Thomas Bach, president of the German Olympic Sports Federation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, first place winner Edgar Soester of the Volksbank SaarWest and Klaus Wehowsky of Polizeisportverein Saar with his his wife and third place winner Kirsten Ulrich of Sporttreff Karower Dachse and Carsten Jung of the Berliner Volksbank pose for a photo during the 'Grossen Stern des Sports in Gold 2009' award ceremony at the DZ-Bank on February 2, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.