30 october 2004
- For the second time in a row Guido Gosselink won in Assen the
national wintertriathlon-title. In a way simular as in 2003 he took the
win. He dictated the pace on the 20 km run, where Tiedo Tinga and Addy
Ruiter could follow in the first 10k lap. The he began his solo to
finish the 20km in 1.11.47. 
Only Edwin Ophof was able to maintain a pace simular to Gosselink on the bike, but he also lost time on the 100km with cobblestones and lots of curves. Gosselink already had 8 laps under his belt when Ophof came on the ice. Tiedo Tinga had a huge gap which was too large to close and finished for the sixth time on the podium with a bronze medal. Gosselink had no difficulties on the ice and managed to gain time on Ophof, who also was the fastest Master of the day.
Just like in 2003 Gosselink won a national title in summer and in wintertriathlon in the same season. In may he became champion on the middle distance in Nieuwkoop.
Results NC wintertriathlon Assen - 30 october 2004
Men - 20 km run - 100 km bike - 40 km skate
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City | Run | Bike | Skate | Total | ||
| 1 | Guido Gosselink | L H20 | ENSCHEDE | 1:11:47 | 2:44:49 | 1:21:42 | 5:18:20 |
| 2 | Edwin Ophof | L H40 | RAALTE | 1:15:00 | 2:46:00 | 1:24:47 | 5:25:47 |
| 3 | Tiedo Tinga | L H20 | LEMMER | 1:13:44 | 2:55:33 | 1:20:24 | 5:29:41 |
| 4 | Robert Beute | L H20 | ASSEN | 1:18:47 | 2:53:41 | 1:21:46 | 5:34:16 |
| 5 | Martin Veenhuizen | L H20 | EKEHAAR | 1:18:00 | 2:55:39 | 1:21:21 | 5:35:00 |
| 6 | Huub Stammes | L H40 | SOEST | 1:20:55 | 2:54:53 | 1:22:14 | 5:38:03 |
| 7 | Dré van Oosten | L H45 | ANNA PAULOWNA | 1:19:09 | 2:53:08 | 1:26:15 | 5:38:33 |
| 8 | Gerard Lange | L H40 | GRONINGEN | 1:19:42 | 3:06:42 | 1:19:42 | 5:46:07 |
| 9 | Marc Boumans | L H20 | DEN BOSCH | 1:18:04 | 3:07:15 | 1:21:28 | 5:46:48 |
| 10 | Jeroen Funken | L H20 | ASSEN | 1:22:12 | 3:00:17 | 1:24:26 | 5:46:56 |
27
september 2004 - This
morning at 0.27 hour Anke Tuinman delivered a healthy daughter:
Annemarie. She weighted 3920 g and measured 51 cm. Mother and daughter
are feeling well and recovered today from the birth proces.
They rest between 13.00-15.00 and after 21.00 houre. Click on the birth
card to read the text and see more photos.Five
fingers on each hand
19
september 2004 - Triathlete Guido Gosselink scored a bronze medal
today at the Dutch Championships Duathlon (10-42.5-5.2km) on the
airforce base of Gilze-Rijen (Molenschot). Armand van der Smissen was
the Dutch Champion, followed by Huub Maas, who resign from top-duathlon
with this race. Gosselink finished as fourth, but due to the one-lap
too early finish of front runner Roger Smeets and his disqualification
for not finishing the entire distance, he moved up to third.Gosselink, specialized in long distance races had a quit slow start of the race on the run, but managed to move up to third place with the fastest bike-time of the day. Only Huub Maas could run him down in the second run with a 600m sprint.
For a photo-series click here.
Results NC Duathlon Molenschot 19-09-2004 (10-42.5-5.2km)
Men:
1. Armand van der Smissen
2. Huub Maas
3. Guido Gosselink
Women:
1. Yvonne van Vlerken
2. Suzanne Wiertsema
3. Maud Golsteyn
For more information www.triathlonweb.nl/tvb.
29 august 2004 - The
24th edition of the UPC Holland Triathlon in Almere had the same
winners as last year. European champion Gerrit Schellens from Belgium and Cora Vlot from
the Netherlands kept their titles.During the 3.8 km swim in the 18 degrees Celsius warm Gooimeer water Guido Gosselink and Hungarian Peter Kropko went to the front. After 1500m a small gap was created with a chasing group with all the other favorites. A fast transition brought Gosselink in the lead, a position he held untill 165 km from the 180 km on the bike. Then Chris Brands took over. Schellens and Kropko lost five and seven minutes during the bike leg, but could make up that time easily on the run. Schellens ran the fastest marathon and for the third consecutive time he won in 8.17.50, the fastest time ever on the current cours through the windy flat-lands. Kropko passed Gosselink and Brands and finished second. Brands ran away from Gosselink, who was never challenged from behind and consolidated his fourth position. It was his third fourth place in Almere.
Cora
Vlot came out of the water together with her foreign concurrents: Tiina
Boman from Finland and Gabriele Keck from Germany. On the bike in the
Flevopolder she took fifteen minutes and could successfully defend the
gap on the finishing run. She also won this race
for the third time.Results 24th UPC Holland Triatlon Almere - 28 august 2004
(3.8 km swim, 180 km bike- 42.2 km run)
Men:
1. Gerrit Schellens (BEL) 8.17.50
2. Peter Kropko (HON) 8.24.51
3. Chris Brands (NED) 8.27.12
4. Guido Gosselink (NED) 8.42.16
5. Ole Stougaard (DEN) 8.51.49
6. Anton Mol (NED) 8.55.20
7. Stephan Adriaens (BEL) 8.57.48
8. Kacz Kaczmarek (DEN) 9.00.32
9. Markus Ross (DUI) 9.09.34
10. Paul Verkleij (NED) 9.10.42
Women:
1. Cora Vlot (NED) 9.41.33
2. Gabriele Keck (DUI) 9.49.38
3.
Tiina Boman
(FIN)
9.53.104. Julie Bollerup Hansen (DEN) 10.00.14
5. Irene Kinnegim (NED) 10.16.27
6. Esther Tanck (NED) 10.44.39
7. Wendy Deenik (NED) 10.44.44
8. Maja Nielsen (DEN) 10.45.27
9. Carla van Rooijen (NED) 11.24.05
10.Ellen vande Maagdenberg(NED)11.39.23
More info and full results on www.almerehollandtriathlon.nl.
Race pictures on www.triatlonfoto.nl.
4 july 2004 - Triathlete
Guido Gosselink finished on the 12th position in the world
triathlon championship Long Distance, which was held in
Säter in Sweden. This was his best ever result on a WC for the
athlete from Enschede.Gosselink had a weak start in the race with a swim-leg which did not go to plan. Gosselink said: "Especially in the second lap I lost way to much time on my most important opponents. I hoped to have four minutes at maximum, but when I came out it was more than six minutes." Due to this disappointing appearance Gosselink started the bike leg in 28th position for his 120 km and knew that he had a hard job to do. With a constant making up of time he biked his way forward to start the 30 km run in 9th position. Within one kilometer American Fritsche passed him and then Gosselink found his rhythm.
He could hang on in the top 10 until the last 5 km when he was passed by two athletes, finishing 12th. Gosselink:"I was satisfied with my biking, although it did cost me a lot of energy to move up in the field. I don't think it did much to my running and in fact I had no other choice, due to the position I saw myself in after the swim. During the run I tried to defend my top 10 position, but in the last 5 k I faded due to lack of energy left in the legs. So I'm not disappointed, but I'm sure I can gain on a few parts in the race. I will certainly take those experiences into the preparation for my next big race: the Irondistance race in Almere, on august 28th."
In Säter two dutch women were in the Elite team. Sione Jongstra was competing with three other women in a very anxious and exciting race for the world title and ended up with a second bronze medal, a repeat of last year. Bianca van Dijk did her first long distance race after having given birth to a son last year and finished 15th.
Results WC Long Distance Triathlon Säter, Sweden (4km swim, 120km bike, 30km run)
Men elite
| 1 | Sindballe | Torbjörn | DEN | 5:46:14.0 | 0:00:00.0 |
| 2 | Colting | Jonas | SWE | 5:46:57.9 | 0:00:43.9 |
| 3 | Vanhoenacker | Marino | BEL | 5:51:10.1 | 0:04:56.1 |
| 4 | Le Floch | Xavier | FRA | 5:51:35.8 | 0:05:21.8 |
| 5 | Reboul | Gilles | FRA | 5:53:54.9 | 0:07:40.9 |
| 6 | Loy | Julien | FRA | 5:55:23.3 | 0:09:09.3 |
| 7 | Fritzsche | Paul | USA | 5:56:43.7 | 0:10:29.7 |
| 8 | Vernay | Patrick | FRA | 5:57:03.7 | 0:10:49.7 |
| 9 | Andersson | Björn | SWE | 5:57:19.4 | 0:11:05.4 |
| 10 | Luoto | Mika | FIN | 5:59:21.8 | 0:13:07.8 |
| 11 | Schellens | Gerrit | BEL | 6:00:56.9 | 0:14:42.9 |
| 12 | Gosselink | Guido | NED | 6:02:01.2 | 0:15:47.2 |
| 13 | Zamora | Marcel | ESP | 6:03:42.6 | 0:17:28.6 |
| 14 | Castro | David | ESP | 6:04:37.3 | 0:18:23.3 |
| 15 | Toivanen | Teemu | FIN | 6:05:23.6 | 0:19:09.6 |
| 1 | Kozulina | Tamara | UKR | 6:41:29.3 | 0:00:00.0 |
| 2 | Kristensen | Lisbeth | DEN | 6:42:12.3 | 0:00:43.0 |
| 3 | Jongstra | Sione | NED | 6:43:30.4 | 0:02:01.1 |
| 4 | Comerford | Bella | GBR | 6:44:16.1 | 0:02:46.8 |
| 5 | Boman | Tiina | FIN | 6:46:44.0 | 0:05:14.7 |
| 6 | Gross | Sara | GBR | 6:50:27.7 | 0:08:58.4 |
| 7 | Azanza | Cristina | ESP | 6:53:31.3 | 0:12:02.0 |
| 8 | Niederfriniger | Edith | ITA | 6:56:03.8 | 0:14:34.5 |
| 9 | Patou | Estelle | FRA | 6:59:53.6 | 0:18:24.3 |
| 10 | Nováková | Eva | CZE | 7:00:19.0 | 0:18:49.7 |
| 11 | Curwin | Julie | CAN | 7:01:00.2 | 0:19:30.9 |
| 12 | Cleau | Audrey | FRA | 7:01:41.2 | 0:20:11.9 |
| 13 | Ferrer | Isabelle | FRA | 7:02:10.9 | 0:20:41.6 |
| 14 | Keat | Rebekah | AUS | 7:02:14.7 | 0:20:45.4 |
| 15 | Van Dijk | Bianca | NED | 7:02:44.2 | 0:21:14.9 |
www.triathlon.org
www.sater-triathlon.com
5 april 2004 - 1541 competitors
from around the world began a journey that, for some, lasted 15.5 hours
in Forster-Tuncurry at the 2004 Snap Ironman Australia triathlon.
Perfect conditions greeted the athletes as they entered the calm waters
of Wallis Lake, for the first time in the history of the event, without
the aid of wetsuits. Due to the unusually warm water temperatures (24.9
degrees C) in NSW, Triathlon Australia enforced the no-wetsuit rule
which saw the race start resemble an early 80's event before the
wetsuit became a mandatory piece of equipment. Missing from the race start was Germany's Lothar Leder who just 48 hours prior was joint favourite with hometown hero Chris McCormack. Within a few hours of being introduced to the thunderous crowd at the traditional Carbo party, Leder pulled his left calf muscle only metres from his hotel door whilst on a training run. Disappointment was simply not enough to describe Lothar's emotions with the realisation that the Show Down in Forster Town was no more. This left McCormack as clear favourite with the challenges expected to come from Chris Legh and Jason Shortis.
Lisa Bentley was confident she could continue her winning run at the Snap Ironman Australia triathlon with the knowledge her run leg was the strongest in the field. Expected to challenge Bentley with their superior bike riding were Australian duo, Belinda Granger and Kate Major.
First to exist the water in 49:05 was new full-time pro, Pete Jacob from NSW. After a fifth place at the New Zealand Ironman only four weeks prior, he showed no signs of fatigue. Side by side with Jacobs was 24-year-old age-group athlete Shane Gibbs in 49:05 followed closely by race favourite Chris McCormack in 49:17. Chris Legh ran into transition 1:20 down after having one of his best swims on the Forster course. The small time deficit gave Legh confidence that he was close to the leaders and confident in riding them down. Shortis was a further one minute back in 51:21 and was sure to be a factor the longer the bike ride went. Guido Gosselink came in 18th position out of the water in 51.54.
Granger led the females out of the water in a time of 54:16 with age-group athlete Melinda Mentha in second place. The swim of the day had to go to race favourite Lisa Bentley who, after a winter of specialist swim training, found herself existing the water in 54:41, in touch with her main rival. Kate Major would have some work to do after a poor swim saw her exist in 58:25, four minutes behind her Australian rival Granger.
Chris McCormack was quick to take the lead from the front and continue to put time small time gains into Chris Legh, who had now ridden himself into second. Between the 28- and 82-kilometre mark the time gap remained a steady three minutes separating the pair. Behind McCormack and Legh was Jason Shortis who was leading a group of five riders and managed to break away in the final stages. McCormack dug deep to increase his lead to 7:43 from Legh by the time they reached the bike-to-run transition. A further four minutes back was Shortis who had finally broken away from the group of riders that included Nick Saunders and Pete Jacobs. Guido Gosselink lost a bottle in the second lap and only found out just when he needed it the most, 1 km after an aidstation. He experienced a low in the next 10 km, but recovered after receiving two bottles at the next station.
After leading the swim Granger went from strength to strength and continued to put time between herself and her fellow competitors. By the time Granger entered the bike-to-run transition she had increased her lead to 10:20 over Marissa Robbins and 11:35 to the fastest runner in the field, Lisa Bentley.
It didn't take long for McCormack to stamp his authority on the race, setting off at a blistering 3:20-kilometre pace. Legh's back was causing him trouble early on the run after having to replace his cracked bike frame just the day before. Shortis was making up time on the run and got within 1:30 of Legh before Legh recovered and regained the time. McCormack was unchallenged after he increased his lead to 10 minutes and was holding it. The only trouble McCormack had was in the final five kilometres when leg cramps forced him to slow down for the first time all day.
McCormack hit the 15,000 strong crowd at Main Beach in Forster to cross the finish line in 8:18:11 after spending quality time in the chute celebrating with his fans. The crowd continued to rejoice as Chris Legh crossed in second place in 8:28:04, his best result since his Ironman win in Ironman California in 2000. Making for a clean Australian sweep, Jason Shortis ran through to take out third in 8:33:29. Guido Gosselink had a strong finish into the top 10 with 8.54.36, which didn't qualify him for Hawaii as a pro, just 1.07 short of the last slot, which went to Kevin Cutjar from Canada.
A slimmer-looking Granger was running strong but couldn't manage to hold off the speed of the Canadian. Bentley flew into first place after the 29-kilometre mark and didn't look back before taking her third victory at the Snap Ironman Australia triathlon after a 3:01:51 marathon, with a total time of 9:03:28. Granger crossed the finish line in 9:10:37 to hold onto second place for a PB Ironman finish. After serving a 10-minute penalty, Kate Major finished strongly to move into third place finishing in 9:24:52.
1478 finishers were able to finish the Snap Ironman Australia triathlon including Andrew Stanfield from the KIDS Foundation. Andrew completed five Ironman-distance triathlons in five days and raised over $75,000 for the Foundation. After a rest day on Saturday, Andrew went on to complete his tenth Ironman triathlon at Forster crossing the line with KIDS Foundation founder Suzie O'Neill.
Results:
| 2004 Snap Ironman Australian Triathlon - TOP TEN MEN & WOMEN | |||||||||
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NAME | FROM | Cat |
Swim
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Ride
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S/Total
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Run
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TOTAL
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WOMEN | |
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1
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Lisa BENTLEY | Caledon,Ontario | CAN | Pro |
0:54:41
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5:06:54
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6:01:36
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3:01:50
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9:03:27
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2
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Belinda GRANGER | Waverley,NSW | AUS | Pro |
0:54:16
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4:54:51
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5:49:08
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3:21:28
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9:10:36
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3
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Kate MAJOR | Noosa Heads,QLD | AUS | Pro |
0:58:25
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5:13:09
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6:11:35
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3:13:16
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9:24:51
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4
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Marissa ROBBINS | Caringbah,NSW | AUS | Pro |
0:57:33
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5:02:58
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6:00:31
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3:34:27
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9:34:58
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5
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Nicole RUDAN | Slacks Creek,QLD | AUS | Pro |
0:54:43
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5:23:42
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6:18:25
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3:29:00
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9:47:25
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6
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Bella COMERFORD | Tarland, Aberdeenshire | SCO | Pro |
0:59:28
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5:16:26
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6:15:55
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3:33:25
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9:49:20
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7
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Sarah FIEN | Higgins,ACT | AUS | Pro |
0:54:42
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5:23:29
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6:18:12
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3:32:52
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9:51:04
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8
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Rebecca ROBB | Toowoomba,QLD | AUS | 30-34 |
1:01:34
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5:14:46
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6:16:20
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3:37:21
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9:53:42
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9
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Charlotte PAUL | Erskineville,NSW | AUS | 30-34 |
0:59:54
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5:32:48
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6:32:43
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3:23:14
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9:55:58
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10
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Edith KOSZTOVITS | Adelaide,SA | AUS | Pro |
1:00:08
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5:27:24
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6:27:33
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3:32:13
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9:59:47
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MEN | |
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1
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Chris MCCORMACK | Cronulla,NSW | AUS | Pro |
0:49:17
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4:34:46
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5:24:03
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2:54:07
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8:18:10
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2
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Christopher LEGH | Donvale,VIC | AUS | Pro |
0:50:39
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4:41:14
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5:31:54
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2:56:08
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8:28:03
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3
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Jason SHORTIS | Burleigh Waters,QLD | AUS | Pro |
0:51:21
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4:45:03
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5:36:24
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2:57:04
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8:33:28
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4
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Pete JACOBS | Terrey Hills,NSW | AUS | Pro |
0:49:05
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4:51:52
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5:40:58
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3:01:51
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8:42:49
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5
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Damien ANGUS | South Yarra,VIC | AUS | 30-34 |
0:54:21
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4:49:00
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5:43:21
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3:06:34
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8:49:56
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6
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Uwe WIDMANN | Hofheim,Hessen | GER | Pro |
0:50:54
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4:52:18
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5:43:13
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3:08:10
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8:51:23
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7
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David MEADE | Bendigo,ACT | AUS | Pro |
0:56:37
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4:51:52
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5:48:30
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3:03:36
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8:52:07
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8
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Kevin CUTJAR | Penticton,British Columbia | CAN | Pro |
0:54:46
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5:00:47
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5:55:33
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2:57:55
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8:53:29
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9
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Justin GRANGER | Waverley,NSW | AUS | Pro |
0:54:13
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4:54:16
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5:48:30
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3:05:42
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8:54:12
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10
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Guido GOSSELINK | Enschede,Overijssel | NED | Pro |
0:51:54
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4:54:58
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5:46:52
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3:07:43
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8:54:36
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3 march 2004 - On April 4, 2004 in
Forster-Tuncurry, the stage will be set for one of the biggest
re-matches in Ironman history at the Snap Ironman Australia triathlon.
Chris McCormack and Lothar Leder are once again pitted against one
another in their first outing since that memorable race in Roth,
Germany last July where just three seconds separated the two super
stars.However, the two big names of Ironman racing won't have it all their own way with a stellar field set to be assembled in the coastal town of Forster, the home of the Snap Ironman Australia. Joining McCormack and Leder will be last year's second place finisher Jason Shortis of the Gold Coast, Queensland. The strongly built athlete who's run leg has become one of the fastest in the sport, returns to Forster for an eleventh time in an attempt to conquer the race he so desperately wants to win.
"Ironman Australia means a lot to me and I have continually come back here in an attempt to win this race. The crowd, the place, the atmosphere of Forster lures us all back and to walk down the finish line in first place would be the ultimate," says Shortis who finished second at Ironman Malaysia yesterday.
Along with Shortis, Chris Legh, another Australian who has finished second at Ironman Australia, will attempt to break McCormack's two-year strangle hold on the event. Finishing second to Ironman star Peter Reid on two occasions (1998 and 1999), Legh hopes his health problems of the past two years can be put behind him as he prepares for the challenge ahead. Winning the Sri Chinmoy event in Canberra yesterday by 25 minutes has given him confidence as he heads into the last phase of his training.
"Yesterday's race was a nice hit out before I really start building up the training volume. I am heading to Taupo on Tuesday for a training camp, but it's not with a group - I will be alone. I am going there to put some big miles in and prepare myself mentally for the challenge. Training alone will give me an edge when it starts to get hard during race day," said Legh from the Canberra airport.
Rounding out the top 5 seeds will be South Australia's Matt Stephens who placed fifth in last year's race. Finishing in the top 3 in many of the Half Ironman events that make up the Road to Ironman Australia Qualifying Series, Stephens' running ability always gives him the opportunity to secure a podium finish.
Dutchman Guido Gosselink will be back in Foster-Tuncurry for the race which did not see the best of him yet with the 16th place in 2002. He will stay at the house of Eileen Marks, the widow of Rod Marks. The very aimable radioreporter, who had been covering this race since it started in 1986, very suddenly and unexpectedly died of an heart attack while swimming in january.
With just 5 weeks remaining until the 19th running of the Snap Ironman Australia the scene has been set for what will be a memorable race.
The professional men's field:
No Name Previous IM Oz From Age
1 MCCORMACK Chris (2) Cronulla NSW 31
2 SHORTIS Jason (10) Burleigh Waters QLD 33
3 LEDER Lothar GERMANY 33
4 LEGH Christopher (4) Donvale VIC 31
5 STEPHENS Matt (3) Seaton SA 33
6 WHITE Matt (1) Happy Valley SA 26
7 MACFADYEN Garrett (3) CANADA 37
8 FOSTER Sean (4) Melbourne VIC 33
9 MEADE David (5) Bendigo VIC 33
10 WIDMANN Uwe GERMANY 33
11 SAUNDERS Nick (1) SOUTH AFRICA 30
12 GOSSELINK Guido (1) NETHERLANDS 33
13 HARTIG Steffen GERMANY 41
14 GRANGER Justin (6) Waverley NSW 32
15 WHITE Bradley (3) Cronulla NSW 30
16 CUTJAR Kevin (3) CANADA 38
17 FRANKEN Darren (3) Ocean Grove VIC 35
18 VAN WISSE John (3) Brighton VIC 31
19 BEECH Jeff CANADA 33
20 JACOBS Pete (2) Terrey Hills NSW 22
21 MAINARD Gael FRANCE 28
22 JOHNSON Ryan Marryatville SA 23
23 JOHNSON Shane Erindale SA 34
24 MALHERBE Kane Hampton VIC 23
25 DORNAUS David USA 29
26 MAHER Maurice (2) CANADA 31
27 URWIN Brett (4) Dingley VIC 34
28 LEACH Bevan (3) Clovelly NSW 28
29 BIRCH Leigh (1) Lapstone NSW 30
See www.xtri.com.
10
february 2004 - It's ideal for the triathlete to build a
conditional base in the winter for the coming season. See the photo-report of the
trainingscamp Guido Gosselink held with a part of the national team in
South Africa. Trainingspartner Jasper Reenalda from Enschede went with
Guido and they trained 'baie goed'.