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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...

Double European Champion Timo Bracht celebrates a successful start into the season

(03.05.2010)

Timo Bracht looks back on a very successful year 2009 and celebrated a perfect kick-off into the 2010 season on Sunday. The Commerzbank athlete won the Kinzigtal Triathlon in Germany with a new course record of 00:55:53 hours in front of his compatriots Sebastian Dehmer and Thomas John. “That was an excellent start into the season and a fantastic event”, said Bracht. “I am very happy because...more

Top ten positions in training races for Normann Stadler and Maik Twelsiek

(01.05.2010)

Three weeks before Ironman Lanzarote, Maik Twelsiek finished eighth today at Wildflower Triathlon over 1,2 miles swim, 56 miles bike and 13,1 miles run. The German who is living in the United States passed the finish line after 4:09:57 hours. His compatriot and Ironman 70.3 World Champion Michael Raelert won the race in front of Joe Gamble from Australia and Eneko Llanos from Spain who finished second on Hawaii last year. Maik Twelsiek said: “That was a tough...more

The Victor SportAward goes to: Timo Bracht

(29.04.2010)

Timo Bracht has been honoured with the Victor SportAward for being the best professional athlete of the region Rhein-Neckar in the south-west of Germany. The athlete of the Commerzbank Triathlon Team received the award in the category top-athlete as well as the gold medalist in weightlifting, Mathias Steiner (sub-category best Olympic athlete), and the soccer team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (sub-category best professional team). “This award means a lot to me because the region of Rhein-Neckar...more

Ironman Germany: Timo Bracht and Jan Raphael compete against a world-class field

(28.04.2010)

Today the competitors at Ironman Germany on the 4th July have been presented on a press conference in Frankfurt. It is the titleholder Timo Bracht who will fight for his third success in order to take a further page in history book. But there are strong competitors and they are not going to make his plans easier: Andreas Raelert who finished 3rd on Hawaii or Cameron Brown, a ten times Ironman winner, are just a few examples. Furthermore his own teammate Jan Raphael ...more

Hawaii qualification for Mathias Hecht

(25.04.2010)

At Ironman South Africa, Mathias Hecht has been in the lead for a long time, fighting for his first Ironman title. In the end he finished second behind the South African Raynard Tissink. The Swiss crossed the finish line after 8:28:53 hours and was very happy to have qualified for the World Championship in Hawaii. His team colleague Jan Raphael became sixth. Even if the German missed the Hawaii ticket, he showed that he is back in the world elite again. Markus Fachbach...more