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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...

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

Bracht at the Olympic Games?

(03.03.2010)

Whistler/ Canada. Skijumping Finale, combination. Changing winds, snow storms and right in the middle, Kai Bracht. Bracht at the Winter Olymics? What happended?more