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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...
Jan Raphael: "Everybody in Hannover was a great fan of Robert Enke."
(11.11.2009)The whole Commerzbank Team was shocked about the sudden death of Robert Enke who was the keeper of the German football team and Hannover 96. All athletes and members of the team feel with his family. Commerzbank athlete Jan Raphael is a member of Hannover 96 and said: “A friend of mine told me the terrible news on the same evening when I was on my way to the swim training. There was a traffic jam at the football stadium and I saw thousands of candles and dolorous fans. Robert Enke was...more
Mathias Hecht will start at Ironman Arizona and Scott Neyedli at Ironman Western Australia
(09.11.2009)The Commerzbank athletes Mathias Hecht and Scott Neyedli will start at further Ironman races this year before finishing their season. Mathias Hecht from Switzerland faces the early qualification for Hawaii 2010 at Ironman Arizona on November 22nd. Scott Neyedli is going to...more
Timo Bracht about the World Record of Michaela Kummer
(05.11.2009)At the beginning of the year I got to know Oliver Kummer on Lanzarote. He was training with friends and several times we fighted together against the tough passat winds from the north/east on the island. Later on he asked me if I wanted to start with his wife at the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon. The idea was to run side by side with Michaela who wanted to break the world record for blind marathon runners. Of course I said yes...more
Martin Lemberg: "What a blast!"
(27.10.2009)I am still euphoric about this weekend. After I was told that I was going to be the third runner in the Commerzbank Triathlon Team I was really looking forward to that weekend. It will be not the run itself which I will remember the most but all the little things that happened beside the run. It was an once-in-a-lifetime experience to meet and greet some of the greatest athletes in the triathlon sport. I only knew them from TV or...more
Once in a lifetime experience for the lottery winner Martin Lemberg with the Commerzbank relay
(25.10.2009)Martin Lemberg from Bernau near Berlin was the lucky winner who had the right to run with the Commerzbank triathlon relay at the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon today. The 26-years-old was the third runner of the first Commerzbank triathlon relay and passed the baton on the double Hawaii Champion Normann Stadler. Together with Markus Fachbach from Darmstadt and Mathias Hecht from Switzerland, the four athletes passed the finish line...more
