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Outstanding Marino Vanhoenacker wins Ironman Malaysia and qualifies for Hawaii
Today Marino Vanhoenacker started into the new season with a bang: He dominated Ironman Malaysia and passed the finish line almost half an hour ahead of the second placed...
Maik Twelsiek finishes Top 10 in Abu Dhabi/ Disappointing race for Markus Fachbach in China
(14.03.2010)On Saturday, Maik Twelsiek finished ninth in Abu Dhabi, competing against the best world-class athletes. The Commerzbank athlete was part of the leading group until the middle of the running course and was supposed to finish even better: "Of course I would have liked to be closer to the podium today, but I was not able to stand the Arabian heat. Looking at the great competitors here, I'm finally...more
Maik Twelsiek ninth in Abu Dhabi
(13.03.2010)Today Maik Twelsiek finished ninth in Abu Dhabi, competing against world-class athletes like Faris Al-Sultan (6th), Eneko Llanos (1st), Rutger Beke (23rd), Dirk Bockel (2nd), Rasmus Henning (3rd) or Ronnie Schildknecht (17th). "Of course I would have liked to be better but today I was not able to stand the Arabian heat. Looking at the great competitors here, I'm finally...more
Maik reports from Abu Dhabi: "New distance, very strong field."
(11.03.2010)On Saturday I will start into the new season in Abu Dhabi. Never before I've raced so early in the year and I think that the other athletes haven't either. I'm really looking forward to the competition. It is a new and interesting distance over 3km swim, 200km bike and 20 km run. Furthermore the strongest triathletes worldwide form a very competitive field (e.g. Faris Al-Sultan...more
Marino Vanhoenacker: Ironman Malaysia plus 5 days...
(05.03.2010)Day 1: short swim
Day 2: short bike
Day 3: very very short and still painfull run
Day 4: travel
And today I start to feel a little better although the clock is still a little bit leaning towards Malaysian time.
Looking back at the period before the race, I have to say I had smoother preparations, longer ones, but in the end the result was superb, which doesn’t mean I can forget the small setbacks - I have to learn lessons from them...more
Start into the season for Markus Fachbach and Maik Twelsiek
(04.03.2010)Two further Commerzbank athletes will try to start successfully into the triathlon season after their teammate Marino Vanhoenacker has won Ironman Malaysia on Saturday: Markus Fachbach will be out to qualify for Hawaii at Ironman China on March 14th. One day before, Maik Twelsiek’s kick-off into the season is...more
Results
Schedule
- 14.03.2010 Ironman China
