Hawaii Ironman Triathlon 2011 World Championships
The, Hawaii Ironman 2011 World Championship triathlon race in Kona, Hawaii, brought about some of the toughest and strongest mentally focused athletes in the world to race over 140 miles distance in some some of the most outrageous terrain imaginable. We wanted to produce this short video clip to inspire people, period. The discipline and determination, mental focus, physical fitness and positive mental attitude that it takes to compete in a race like this, brings out many of the top qualities that human beings are capable of. And to us, that is worth sharing with the world. This year we wanted to focus on the biomechanics of the professionals in this race, and the "story" of the race. It was a great year, the men's world record was broken by Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington finished 20 minutes behind the first leader, after the bike, and still managed to run down all of her competition to come in first. Not all of us are cut out to be world class triathletes, but we sure can admire all of the qualities that it takes to get there. After watching this race, you will want to get your running shoes on, and we suggest that you do, after all your health is your wealth. We were fortunate enough to be allowed to use Peter Bergmann's remix of Hans Zimmer,Time, for the music, you can find this download at
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story of Austrian intrigue
Written by: Herbert Krabel
Date: Mon Dec 15 2008
Austrian pediatrician and Ironman triathlete Dr. Andreas Zoubek stands currently accused by the Austrian newspaper KURIER of running a doping operation alongside his day job at the St. Anna Kinderspital, a children's hospital in Vienna, Austria.
Zoubek, who has the nickname "Irondoc," took up triathlon only in the last few years. He placed an impressive 4th at the recent Ironman Florida in the M50-54 behind the age-group winner Joe Bonness. He earned a spot in the 2009 Ironman Hawaii, but a few days later his world became more complicated, when the KURIER contacted him about allegations of doping.
According the KURIER, a witness came forward and presented an EPO syringe to the newspaper, claiming that the syringe came from Zoubek. The witness then, according to the KURIER, forwarded the syringe to the police and made statements under oath, and the police have since started their own investigation. Pursuant to the investigation, Helmut Gadner, a chief medical officer for the St. Anna hospital, has already confirmed to the KURIER that the syringe originated from the hospital. Samples from the drug's supplier were forwarded to Zoubek. In all, Zoubek is credited with taking possession of all 240,000 of the units allegedly received from the supplier. Dr. Georg Mann from St. Anna explained to Slowtwitch that 240,000 units are equivalent to 8 vials.
When initially confronted by the KURIER, Zoubek stated, "No, never, this is all about jealousy."
Zoubek, as one of the founding members of the triathlon club 99ers Moedling had a close affiliation with fellow club member, and rising triathlon star, Michi Weiss. After not making the Austrian Olympic Mountain Bike team, Weiss surprised many onlookers with his second place finishes at XTERRA Worlds in Maui and 70.3 Monaco. Weiss has since left the tri club, and Zoubek stepped down as the head of the club pending the investigation.
Zoubek told Slowtwitch today he was limited in what he could say because of a lawsuit he has filed, or is in the process of filing, against certain elements of the media reporting on his story. After numerous attempts to contact members of the club 99ers Moedling, Slowtwitch received the following statement from tri club board members Hermann Hartl and Theodor Seiz: "Currently we have no commentary regarding this matter. We ask you thus to refrain from
asking our members further questions."
A "Whois" search of 99ers-moedling.at reveals that 99ers-moedling.at is linked to Andreas Zoubek in Moedling, Austria, with an email address that corresponds to the St. Anna Kinderspital where the Irondoc is or was recently employed. Furthermore, some links on the 99ers-moedling.at site are re-directed via irondoc.at.
The German triathlon site 3athlon.de reported—after the Zoubek story broke—that Normann Stadler was approached by Andreas Zoubek after the Waldvierteler Eisenmann Triathlon in Litschau, Austria in 2006, and that Zoubek allededly offered to help Stadler with doping. According to 3athlon.de Stadler then reported the offer of aid to the race director and told the story to Kai Baumgartner at 3athlon.de. The race director then reported the incident to the Austrian Triathlon Federation (ÖRTV). When speaking to Slowtwitch, Zoubek said that he remembered the event and chatting with Normann Stadler at length, but that he did not reference performance enhancing drugs, nor can he recall any reference that Stadler might have misconstrued as such. Several emails over the last 72 hours from Slowtwitch to Normann Stadler went unreturned.
The KURIER also reported that the Austrian Anti Doping Agency NADA (Nationale Anti Doping Agentur) has also been aware of the name Zoubek.
The ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) and the KURIER more recently noted that the hospital reported two medical files missing which corresponded to adult patients. In their places where notes indicating that Zoubek had taken them. But why would Zoubek take these files? "I don’t know, all I know is that they are not here anymore," Gadner said to the KURIER.
In the same article the KURIER reports that 2 witnesses came forward and made statements that they had received iron injections from Zoubek. Gadner offered no proof, but stated to the KURIER that Zoubek ordered extraordinary amounts of iron in 2005 and 2007 from other areas of the hospital. Gadner was then quoted in the KURIER as having stated, "He has told me that he needs it for personal usage, as he and his daughter have corresponding medical issue. That is true. However, the amount (of iron ordered) was so big, that the explanation given does not seem to make sense."
According to the KURIER, Gadner tried to convince Zoubek to share information, and clear up possible misunderstandings, so that a solution can be found for everybody involved, and especially the hospital. There is no indication Gadner received a satisfactory response.
The KURIER quotes Zoubek as saying "No, no, this is an ongoing litigation."
The 51-year old doctor was relieved of his duties as of November 16, and has been on medical leave since early December, according to the KURIER.
News sources:
http://www.KURIER.at - the update & the original story
http://www.3athlon.de - Stadler connection
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xterra world champion weiss acussed of doping
clasification Xterra
1.-michi weiss australia
2.-dan hugo south africa
3.-eneko llanos españa
4.-Josiah Middaugh USA
5.-ivan raña españa
http://ceciliobenito.blogspot.com/2011/10/xterra-world-champion-23-102011-9h.html
Statement
I was disheartened to learn that despite NADA Austria closing my case in September 2010, followed by the Vienna State attorney also ruling in my favor, the Independent Arbitration Commission of NADA still chose to issue a two year suspension effective immediately. The decision contradicts NADA's Legal Commission and the judgment of Vienna's state prosecutor and is founded solely on one individual's verbal accusation with no factual evidence which dates back to 2005.
I maintain my innocence and have been given the opportunity to appeal the suspension to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). After consideration of the time and expense to pursue an appeal, I have chosen to dedicate my time and resources to my family and training and will focus on my future comeback to triathlon, a sport I have grown to love and respect.
I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to my family, friends, and supporters who stand with me and encourage me through hard days.
pic: Ranftl/ http://www.finisher-magazin.at
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Photo: Nils Nilsen
Julie Dibens Unsure About Future Kona Racing
By Liz Hichens
Published 4 hours ago
Ironman 70.3 and three-time Xterra world champion Julie Dibens was very candid about her future in triathlon in a recent blog post on Juliedibens.com. Dibens had to drop out of both the Ironman World Championship 70.3 and Ironman World Championship races this year on the run due to a foot injury that has plagued her throughout her career.
In the blog post, Dibens explains that she has chosen to forgo surgery in favor of rest and rehab.
“Even though microfracture surgery is an option, it appears that it wouldn’t fix the problem,” Dibens explains in the post. “It may give me some short term relief, but that would only be after a fairly lengthy lay-off and rehab. I think I have also learned that any time you are cut open and things are done surgically that you may just be opening up a can of worms to get other problems… and should be the absolute last option. The alternatives to microfracture surgery, was to rest it and rehab it, or look at getting a prosthetic toe…. even though the latter sounds kinda cool in a sick kinda way, I opted to rest and rehab it.”
Dibens makes it clear that it will take time before she can make any future plans, as she has not run in quite a while. The biggest revelation in the post is that we may or may not see Dibens make the start in Kona again. The 2010 third-place finisher says that training for multiple Ironmans each year may be too hard on her injuries.
“It may mean no more IM…but we will see,” Dibens writes. “I still have a hunger… ok, it’s more like a starvation to compete in Kona, but in all reality my foot may not allow that. If I had the choice of trying to get to Kona and risk not racing at all, or racing successfully over the Olympic/ middle distance and Xterra, I would have to choose the latter. I think my body ‘could’ handle 1 IM a year, but with the new qualification rules this isn’t possible so the Kona dream may have to go on hold. There are soooo many other races out there that I can get excited for and ones that I hope to be at next year include 5150, Rev3, Abu Dhabi, Vegas, Xterra and the list goes on.”
Read the complete post at http://www.Juliedibens.com
http://triathlon.competitor.com/2011/12/news/julie-dibens-unsure-about-future-kona-racing_44120
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