Articles by Herbert Krabel

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Records tumble at Challenge Roth

Andreas Raelert stormed to an amazing 7:41:33 at the 2011 Challenge Roth in Germany and Chrissie Wellington went 8:18:13, finishing well clear of all other females and 5th overall. Both athletes went well faster than the previous best times for this distance.

by Herbert Krabel, July 10, 2011

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O’Grady, Kessler take Rev3 Portland

Graham O'Grady led from start to finish to win the 2011 Rev33 Portland race just ahead of Richie Cunningham and Jordan Rapp. Meredith Kessler put together a great race after a couple DNFs to win the women's title.

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Swiss rule IM Switzerland again

Ronnie Schildknecht reeled in Mathias Hecht and held off a hard charging Alonso Clemente to win the 2011 Ironman Switzerland for the 5th time. Karin Thürig also defended her title and now looks to close out her career in Kona.

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O’Donnell, Luxford take Boulder Peak

Timothy O'Donnell and Annabel Luxford took the top spots at the 2011 Boulder Peak 5i50 race. Results and an image gallery by Randy Sadler.

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Brownlee, Moffatt in Paris

Alistair Brownlee took the win at the GP Lyonnaise des Eaux in Paris just ahead of his younger brother Jonathan. Emma Moffatt and Emma Jackson took the top two spots in the women's race.

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Hoffman, Rollison take Muncie

Ben Hoffman crushed the bike with a 2:01:11 split and stormed to a win at the 2011 Ironman 70.3 Muncie. Melissa Rollison passed longtime leader Leanda Cave on the run to take the win.

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Life Time Minneapolis pics

Matty Reed and Sarah Haskins were the champions of the 2011 Life Time Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis and Eric Wynn captured images from the happenings there.

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A blueseventy theft in UK

An unmarked Mercedes Sprinter van loaded with custom blueseventy Helix wetsuits and various other items was stolen after the British Gas Great Swim in London and has disappeared.

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Another day with Jan Frodeno

In early May we hung out a day with Jan Frodeno in Germany and shared a picture gallery of that outing. Jan though spends quite a bit of time in Stellenbosch, South Africa and here is a video day feature of him there.

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Flying German Maik Twelsiek

Maik Twelsiek has proven a few times what a threat he is on a bike and his run is getting quicker too. He just recorded a 4:29:10 in Coeur D'Alene but got run down by 2-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander for the win.

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Introducing Dave Salazar of A2

Dave Salazar has been involved with the Aerodyn / A2 wind tunnel for quite some time now but with the recent departure of Mike Giraud he stepped up to handle the bike program.

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Vanhoenacker crushes all-time record

Marino Vanhoenacker smashed the all-time Ironman record of 7:50:27 set by Luc Van Lierde in 1997 and recorded a stunning 7:45:58 at the 2011 Kärnten Ironman Austria. Mary Beth Ellis took the women's title in 8:43:34.

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The end of Team Commerzbank

Commerzbank, the main sponsor of the very successful Commerzbank Triathlon Team announced that they would not extend the sponsorship past 2011 and would focus on soccer instead.