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Tim O’Donnell wins IM 70.3 Gdynia

Just one week after his 4th place at IM 70.3 Santa Rosa the Boulder-based athlete was again at the start in Poland. Tim managed a very good start and celebrated a start-to-finish victory this past Sunday ahead of the two Germans Nils Frommhold and Markus Liebelt. “I was excited to race. I took the lead in the swim, maintained my position on the bike and capped it off with the day’s fastest run.” Tim and Markus relied on the no-compromise race suit All Out Speed Suit. TOP 3 men: 1. Timothy O’Donnell (USA) 3:47:40 (new course record) 2. Nils Frommhold (GER) 3:52:57 3. Markus Liebelt (GER) 3:53:27 Enjoy a race gallery from Poland. Photo credits: Sportografia.pl / Enea IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia

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Andreas Raelert celebrates victory in Gdynia

Andreas Raelert has won Herbalife Triathon in Gdynia, Poland, in a sovereign way. In 3:54:44 the Rostockian claimed the victory in the middle-distance event ahead of German Sean Donnelly (4:00:13) and Italian Massimo Cigana (4:01:08). Under hot conditions Andreas Raelert improved the course record at the Baltic Sea coast of last year’s winner Victor Zyemtsev (Ukraine) by more than six minutes. “I feel satisfied with my race,” said Andreas Raelert after the finish, “in general, the performance was very balanced. That gives me a lot of confidence for the upcoming tasks in this season.” After 23:49 minutes, Andreas Raelert came out of the water in second place. After he had mainly determined the pace on the 1.9 km long swim course in the Bay of Gdynia, he eventually exited the Sea closely behind his colleague Sean Donnelly (23:46). “On the bike we both kept the speed high,” said Andreas Raelert, “only on the last 15 kilometers, Sean was able to break away a little bit.” Andreas Raelert rode the 90 kilometer bike course in 2:10:21 and entered T2 just 1:15 minutes behind the leader. However, he was able to reduce the gap early in the run and quickly caught up ...

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