Tine Holst participated in the “Hawaii-Special” race with a shorter run course. The competition starts with a 3,8 kilometer swim in the Fühlinger See. Tine Holst changed after 1:04 hours swimming to the bike. There she was in her strongest element and finished the flat and fast racecourse after giant 4:52 hours.
Her running-split over the closing 14 kilometers was also very strong, she passes the finish line after 1:01 hour running time and a total time of 07:05:15 hours as first overall. Tine is very satisfied about her performance and form, now she is ready and good prepared for her start at the IRONMAN Mallorca on 27th of september.
Team4Talent - athletes successfully in the middle distance
The polish Marek Jaskolka enforced with almost two minutes lead against Bas Diederen of the Netherlands. The current U23 national coach was abroad exactly 3:53:34 hours, for the 1.9 km swim, 90 km cycling and 21 km run. As third finished Diedersens team-mate Martijn Dekker, who starts just like Diederen of the Team4Talent.
The race was marked only by a few tactical leadership changes, but none of the top athletes took a break so that the decision had to be on the route. After a few kilometres, the trio of Jackal, Diederen and Dekker continued off from the chasing field and made the podium among themselves.