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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...

Outstanding Marino Vanhoenacker wins Ironman Malaysia and qualifies for Hawaii

(27.02.2010)

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 Hiroyuki Nishiuchi from Japan and Romain Guillaume from France. In spite of tropical conditions the Belgian athlete showed...more

Three days before the Ironman: Marino reports from Malaysia

(24.02.2010)

The billboards here in town call it “The Toughest Show on Earth”. And it seems like they could be right. The race course is ok - maybe even on the fast side but the climate will make this one slower and a whole lot harder. On Monday I did a 2 hour bike-ride and my SRM told me the average temperature for the trip was 35 °C. I did the race before...more

Season opening for the Commerzbank Triathlon Team: Marino Vanhoenacker will start at Ironman Malaysi

(17.02.2010)

Marino Vanhoenacker is the first athlete of the Commerzbank Triathlon Team to compete in an Ironman 2010, starting at Ironman Malaysia on February 27th. The winner of Ironman South Africa and Ironman Austria 2009 is going to fight for an early Hawaii ticket on Langkawi Island. This will be challenging with regard to strong competitors. These are for example...more

Triathlon Awards 2009: Second place for Timo Bracht

(15.02.2010)

The readers of the German “Triathlon Magazin” decided that the Commerzbank athlete Timo Bracht is the second best triathlete of 2009. The athlete from Eberbach got 17,7% of the votes, in front of the Olympic Distance World Champion Alistair Brownlee from Great Britain and behind Andreas Raelert who finished third on Hawaii. 2009 was the most successful season evermore

Maik Twelsiek about swimming limits

(10.02.2010)

Since January 1st I'm back in regular training. Between Hawaii and new year's day is the only period where I'm free with my training. Afterwards it starts to get hard again, with a very detailed plan. This year I was very lucky in the winter, without any infections that I used to get in the German winter. Of course you can not compare Tuscon/ Arizona with Germany. My parents have told me...more