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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 about his 12th place on Hawaii

(12.10.2009)

“I’m happy to have improved two places. I was even cycling at the second place for a few miles among all the big names of Ironman Hawaii. That was amazing. Now I have to improve further, in particular on the running course. And then I hope to fulfil the expectations that will surely be higher next year.” more

Normann Stadler about his race on Hawaii

(12.10.2009)

"This race was a bad experience. Now we have to analyse exactly what's going wrong. Afterwards I will look forward. I love this sport and will do anything to do a lot more competitions for the fans. Thanks a lot to all peope who gave us such a phantastic support."more

Mathias Hecht about his 13th place on Hawaii

(12.10.2009)

„Ironman Hawaii is not comparable with Ironman races in Europe. This year it was extremely hard – a fast race with extremely high temperatures. Under this circumstances I can’t complain about the 13th place, but after the 8th place last year I would have liked to improve the result from 2008. Considering several successful races in 2009, I had good reason to expect more on Hawaii.” more

Markus Fachbach about his race in Hawaii

(12.10.2009)

I would have liked to have a better day after my 27th anniversary. I had a bad bike race because of cramps - never had that before. Then I tried my best but at kilometer 14 on the running course, my muscles didn't work any more. Now I am going to review the whole season in order to perform much better than this last year.

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Marino Vanhoenacker about his race on Hawaii

(12.10.2009)

“Until km 140 it was a good race. I felt good and even was in the lead for a few kilometers. Then my legs didn’t work anymore. I was just empty. At km 14 on the running course I went back to an aid station to pick up something to drink. But it didn’t get better and I had to give up.”more