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Records for the eight-time Ironman winner Marino Vanhoenacker

Marino Vanhoenacker was the star again at Ironman Austria. The Belgian athlete had to deal with high expectations and overfulfilled them. His fifth victory in a row at...

Marino Vanhoenacker gets second in Antwerp

(25.07.2010)

Marino Vanhoenacker who already won two Ironman races this year finished second today at Antwerp Ironman 70.3. in 3:44 hours. The Belgian had won this race three times in a row before. This year the Commerzbank athlete has only been beaten by his compatriot Bart Aernouts. Dirk Bockel from Luxembourg got third. However, today was not the day of Mathias Hecht. At Ironman Switzerland, the Swiss had to give up on the running course. His compatriot Ronnie Schildknecht won the race in front of the German Swen Sundberg.
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Normann Stadler: "Mathias has far more successes ahead of him than even he thinks"

(23.07.2010)

"It would be really tremendous one day to be the best Swiss in Hawaii," said Mathias Hecht cautiously of his season goal one year ago. He said it, and he did it. The law student finished the race five places in front of his compatriot Ronnie Schildknecht, after he had shone one year previously with an 8th place at the Ironman Hawaii. In Switzerland the Commerzbank athlete has been one of the most successful and...more

Maik Twelsiek: "I want to take a leap forward."

(23.07.2010)

Two Ironman victories and two Top 15 positions in his first two competitive appearances in Hawaii – and this is only a summary of the leading positions achieved so far by Maik Twelsiek. The young Commerzbank athlete ensured qualification for Hawaii 2010 by securing third place in the Ironman Lanzarote, which next to Hawaii is seen as the toughest Ironman in the world. There he achieved the cycle time of his life, broke the old record set by Thomas Hellriegel and was ahead of ...more

Jan Raphael after his training camp in the T3: "High-end, check it out!"

(22.07.2010)

The last 12 days I've spent on Tenerife in order to recover from the last Ironman. Mathias and Markus have been there, too. Our resindence was the hotel Caleta Jardin next to the training center T3 that we checked out for you. Honestly I was very impressed that the T3 offers really high-end training possibilities. The fact that it is located on tenerife creates a perfect combination of...more

Maik Twelsiek und Marino Vanhoenacker will start as titleholders in Lake Placid and Antwerp

(21.07.2010)

One year ago, Maik Twelsiek and Marino Vanhoenacker celebrated two victories for the Commerzbank Team at Ironman Lake Placid and Antwerp Ironman 70.3. It would be the third Ironman victory in the young career of Maik Twelsiek. The 29-year-old who lives in Tucson is already qualified for Hawaii 2010 after his third place at Ironman Lanzarote and wants to boost in Lake Placid. His competitors are for example...more