Articles by Herbert Krabel

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Thompson and Zeiger win 5430 Triathlon

Simon Thompson won the 2008 edition of the 5430 Long Course Triathlon with a fantastic closing run. Tim O'Donnell and Brian Fleischmann rounded out the podium. Joanna Zeiger ruled supreme in the women's race.

by Herbert Krabel, August 10, 2008

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Chrissie Wellington’s Cervelo P2C

When Chrissie Wellington recently stormed to a second place overall finish at the Alpe d'Huez triathlon she put her competitors on notice that the Ironman Hawaii win wasn't a fluke. For our "the bikes of the pros" series we take a closer look at her Cervelo P2C.

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Original Ironman Dave Orlowski

Dave Orlowski finished 3rd in the 1978 Ironman triathlon and is currently getting ready to return to Hawaii for the 30th anniversary. He shared with Slowtwitch some of his memories of that first Ironman plus what he is up to these days.

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Tom Ziebart talks to Slowtwitch

Mother nature and safety concerns caused the organizers of the 2008 Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 triathlon to change the race to a duathlon. We followed up with race director Tom Ziebart to find out more about the decision and related topics.

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Vanhoenacker and Granger win in Antwerp

Marino Vanhoenacker ruled the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Antwerp and with it repeated his win from 2007. Belinda Granger was victorious in the women's race.

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Slowtwitch talks to Yvonne Van Vlerken

Yvonne Van Vlerken recently broke the long standing record of the great Paula Newby-Fraser over the Iron distance with her time of 8:45:48 at the Quelle Challenge in Roth, Germany. Find out more about this flying Dutch woman.

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Legh and Kehr win 2008 Steelhead “Duathlon”

The 2008 Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 triathlon was turned into a duathlon because of very wavy and choppy waters and Chris Legh and Gina Kehr were able to run away with the titles of this altered event.

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Steve Larsen is back indeed

A couple years ago Steve Larsen left his career as a professional triathlete to concentrate on his real estate business in Bend, Oregon. Recent results though have indicated that Steve Larsen may be far from retired.

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Wellington rules Alpe d’Huez Triathlon

Chrissie Wellington ruled the 2008 Alpe d'Huez Triathlon with her second place overall finish. Only Brasilian Pro Marcus Ornellas was faster than the 2007 Ironman World Champion on the 2.2k swim, 115k bike and 22k run course.

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A chat with Will Ronco

At the 2008 Ironman Lake Placid, Will Ronco came through with a breakthrough performance and finished 5th overall. After trying to hug anyone in sight at the finish line, Ronco now has his sights set on Kona.

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Jordan Rapp’s Felt DA

Today we are taking a closer look at the Felt DA of Jordan Rapp for our series "the bikes of the pros." Jordan has posted some of the fastest bike splits in a few races he has entered and we wanted to know more about his setup.

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Alexander and Carfrae victorious in Newfoundland

Craig Alexander won the highly competitive 2008 Ironman 70.3 Newfoundland and held off Richie Cunningham and Chris Legh. Mirinda Carfrae had a dominating performance in the women's race.

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Bikes, drugs and sponsorship

We sat down with Scott Montgomery, the general manager of Scott USA to discuss the recent Tour de France drug scandal involving Saunier-Duval / Scott athletes Ricardo Ricco and Leonardo Piepoli.