Μόλις 7 μέρες κατάφερε ο Βέλγος Marino Vanhonacker να κρατήσει το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ (ή πιο σωστά την καλύτερη επίδοση στον κόσμο όπως είναι πιο σωστό να λέμε) το οποίο ξαναγύρισε στην πίστα στην οποία ανήκε. Το 1997 πάλι στο Roth o Βέλγος Luc van Lierde είχε καταφέρει να κάνει7:50:27. Ο Γερμανός Andreas Realert τρέλανε τα χρονόμετρα και έκανε την απίστευτη επίδοση των 7 ωρών, 41 λεπτών και 33 δευτερολέπτων. Στην δεύτερη θέση ο Sebastian Kienle έμεινε σχεδόν 16 λεπτά πίσω και το μόνο που μπορεί να τον παρηγορεί είναι ότι κατάφερε να κατεβεί τις 8 ώρες.
Στις γυναίκες η Chrissie Wellington έκανε ξανά παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ. Πέρσι είχε κάνει 8:19:13 και φέτος κατάφερε να το βελτιώσει περαιτέρω κατά ένα λεπτό και να κάνει 8:18:13, οδηγώντας την κούρσα από την αρχή ως το τέλος. Επίσης εντυπωσιακό είναι ότι κατάφερε να τερματίσει στην πέμτη θέση της γενικής κατάταξης, ουσιαστικά τερματίζοντας στην πρώτη πεντάδα των αντρών.
Οι Ελληνες αθλητές έκαναν πολύ καλή εμφάνιση με τον Κώστα Παπανικολάου να σπάει το φράγμα των 10 ωρών κάνοντας την εξαιρετική επίδοση των 9 ωρών και 48 λεπτών. Δεύτερη καλύτερη επίδοση από το γκρουπ των ελλήνων έκανε ο Λεωνίδας Αθανασόπουλος με 10 ώρες και 19 λεπτά.
Κατηγορία Αντρών – Αποτελέσματα
1 Raelert, Andreas (GER) TC FIKO TRIATHLONCLUB ROS… M35 07:41:33
2 Kienle, Sebastian (GER) TRI TEAM HEUCHELBERG M25 07:57:06
3 Williams, Keegan (NZL) SNUGGLERS MULTISPORT CLUB M30 08:16:01
4 Schumann, Felix (GER) EJOT TEAM BUSCHHÜTTEN M25 08:18:05
5 Ritter, Christian (GER) TRI TEAM MITTELDEUTSCHLAN… M25 08:18:40
6 Vistica, Andrej (CRO) TK ZAGREB M25 08:19:19
7 Rotem, Gilad (ISR) AYALOT M30 08:20:11
8 Leder, Lothar (GER) DSW DARMSTADT M40 08:22:00
9 Yastrebov, Andriy (UKR) TRIATMAN M40 08:24:34
10 Borch, Andreas (DEN) TRI 4 M25 08:25:38
11 Dr. Smits, Roeland (NED) M35 08:26:59
12 Sanson, Benjamin (FRA) M40 08:27:50
13 Coenen, Clemens (GER) TRIABOLOS HAMBURG M30 08:29:26
14 Pernet, Benjamin (FRA) TRIATHL’AIX M30 08:30:19
15 Hagen, Bernd (GER) TEAM ARNDT M35 08:32:10
Αποτελέσματα Ελλήνων Αθλητών
Alevizakis, Dionysis (GRE) M35 11:11:52
Antonopoulos, Alexis (GRE) SAFANS M30 10:44:59
Athanasopoulos, Leonidas (GRE) SCHINIATHLON M40 10:19:17
Avouris, Ioannis (GRE) ICYCLING.GR M35 11:43:24
Bezas, Stamatios Dimitrios (GRE) SAFANS M40 11:21:32
Kaloudis, Alexandros (GRE) M45 12:08:16
Dr. Lampropoulos, Aris (GRE) SAFANS M35 12:13:14
Leautey, Marie (GRE) SCHINIATHLON W30 11:03:28
Maroulidis, Periklis (GRE) PROWIN INTERNATIONAL M30 11:53:33
Moumtzidis, Dimitris (GRE) M40
Pachos, Markos (GRE) SCHINIATHLON M30 11:13:11
Papagiannis, Ioannis (GRE) PULSE 100 M40 11:55:24
Papanikolaou, Constantinos (GRE) M40 09:48:16
Soupos, Ioannis (GRE) M35 13:00:25
Stathopoulos, Anastasios (GRE) M55 13:04:07
Tanti, Alexander (GRE) M30 10:43:03
Theofanis, Konstantopoulos (GRE) M30 12:05:28
Challenge Roth – Press Release in english
The anniversary Challenge is over, and we would like to congratulate all our finishers on their competition. No matter whether you are individual or relay starters – every one has delivered a great performance. We hope that all of your dreams have come true! We would like to express our special thanks for hundreds of e-mails, Facebook entries and phone calls in which you thanked us for the organization of the 10th Challenge Roth and told us about your personal experience. We are happy about the feedback!
Two new world records at the 10th Challenge Roth
This has never happened before in any triathlon event around the world: With a new world record both in the men’s and in the women’s competition the Challenge Roth will definitely go down in triathlon history. What often has been referred to as the “myth of Roth” has now got a new meaning.
After an interruption of only one week, the men’s world record is back where it belongs: in Roth.
In his first race in Roth, Andreas Raelert put up an excellent fight and won the race in a fabulous finishing time of 7:41:33 hours, so he was more than four minutes faster than Marino Vanhoenacker from Belgium, who had only seven days to enjoy his Klagenfurt record. Before, Roth had held the world record for 14 years (7:50:27 – Luc van Lierde 1997) and has now won it back in superior style.
And triple Hawaii winner Chrissie Wellington put the icing on the cake of this world sensation: She won the Challenge Roth for the third time in a row – and again in a new world record time. The world’s best female triathlete was able to beat her own last year’s record of 8:19:13 by exactly one minute and crossed the finish line in precisely 8:18:13 hours. And what is even more unbelievable: Wellington finished the race as fifth in the overall ranking, so she now can proudly state that she is among the “top 5 male athletes”. 34-year-old Wellington led the race from start to finish. She is just in excellent shape and the only one who seems to be able to beat her is herself.
In the men’s competition vice world champion and European champion Andreas Raelert took the lead already at the beginning of the bike race, and his victory was hardly in danger from that moment. At some point, Sebastian Kienle was able to get quite close to him, but he had to slow down soon enough. So like last year he came in second. With his excellent finishing time of 7:57:06 he remained under the magic eight-hour limit, which might have been some kind of comfort for him. Keegan Williams from New Zealand came in third in 8:16:01.
After Chrissie Wellington’s finish, the 180.000 spectators had to wait quite a long time for the second and third place female finishers. Young German rookie Julia Wagner was able to make her dream come true as she finished second in 8:56:23 hours, followed by Australian Rebekah Keat in 8:59:22. With temperatures about 25 degrees, a mixture of sunny weather and some clouds, and just a little bit of wind, the weather conditions at the 10th Challenge Roth were quite perfect. And the athletes’ sensational and outstanding performance was a wonderful birthday present for the organizers of the event.
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