On the half TriStar distance over 0.5-50-5km, Charlotte de Groote raced and finished the event in Rorschach/Switzerland on sunday. Charlotte finished on 31st female rank in 2h48:02. Her split times : 500m swim in 12:29min, 50km bike in 2h03:06, 5km run in 27:08 RESULTS – TriStar55.5 Rorschach

Several X3M athletes raced the Ironman european championships in Frankfurt on sunday. Amongst nearly 3000 athletes, Benoit Joachim showed the best performance, especially his bike performance (4h56:59 and 25th bike time overall for 185km) was very impressive. Ben finished in 10h53:54 on 529th rank overall and 95th in M40. Georges Reding finished his 1st Ironman […]

UPDATE : Bob Haller had a severe bike crash on sunday’s final race and was brought to hospital for further checks. Unfortunately, he bended his left foot severely and broke his big toe on the left foot. We want to wish him a very fast recovery! Bob Haller délivre une des meilleures courses à pied […]

This weekend, the luxembourgish triathlon OD championships were incorporated in the 34th edition of the international triathlon Echternach. Hot and heavy weather conditions were forcing the athletes to dig deep in one’s energy resources… On saturday, our kids were aligned for the kids and youth championships. Noémie Ries managed to win the title in female […]

Several X3M athletes raced a 70.3 resp. a full distance triathlon this weekend. Tom Peiffer has chosen to race the inaugural IM70.3 in Lahti [FIN] on saturday. Due to mid-sommer nights, the race has been started at 16h00 local time and athletes were still finishing in daylight. Tom showed a steady performance and finished on […]

Claude Lucas confirmed his very good shape by winning the short distance SURE2SURE swim-run race in Lultzhausen on saturday together with his teammate Christian Krombach. Participants start and finish the race as teams of two, running and swimming the whole course together, helping each other where possible in an effort to be stronger than the […]

Very good performance by Sonny Eschette at the half Sharks Triathlon in Chimay [BEL], covering the medium distance of 1.9-81-21km. Sonny finished 4th female overall and 2nd in F40, her split times : 36:42min for the 1.9km swim, 2h46:19 for the bike segment and 1h33:33 for the run. Well done! RESULTS – Triathlon des Sharks […]

Great performance by Gavin Hogdson at the half marathon in Trier [GER] – he finished on 12th rank overall out of 737 runners in 1h21:34 net. (3rd/74 AG M40) Jean-Claude Schmitz set a new personal best time in 1h29:40 net and ranked 49th overall. Guy Theissen and Marc Matgen raced the 10km run in Trier. Under […]

During the weekend, the IM70.3 Luxembourg/Région Moselle in Remich took place under wonderful weather conditions. A lot of our younger and more experienced X3M athletes took part in this well-organized event and showed, once again, great performances and a lot of enthousiasm to reach their personal goals. Best performance of the day was shown by […]

6 kids of X3M were present at the IRONKIDS Remich on saturday to race the different Aquathlon races. In the male Youth C category 2005/2006 [100m swim/850m run], 3 of our kids ranked in TOP4 overall at the finish line – what a result! Leo Weishaar (1:39/4:50 – 6:28min) won this category in a sprint […]

For her first IM70.3 distance triathlon ever, Maarja Randmaa travelled back to her home country in Estonia to race the IM70.3 Otepää. A bit anxious about this challenge, Maarja started conservatively but after the swim part, she showed a steady performance enjoying the cheering home crowd and the support of some friends and family members. […]

Après 35 degrés à Huatulco et un décalage horaire de 7 heures cette semaine après la Coupe du Monde,  Bob Haller a pris le départ ce matin à 9 :21 heures aux Championnats du Monde militaire en Suède. La température était de 15 degrés et la pluie au rendez-vous. Bob sort avec 20 secondes (1500m de […]

Bob Haller’s statement : “They said it before, an extremely hard race!! I was warned… With a very good swim I came out in the top 10 and could even do an excellent transition. In the 5th position out on the lead pack with another 20 athletes. In the second lap the chase group caught […]

Noémie Ries took 2nd rank in the youth triathlon (2003-2004) in St. Ingbert [GER]. The triathlon consisted in 400m swimming, 10km on the bike and 2400m running. Noémie’s end time was 38:32min. RESULTS – St. Ingbert Schülertriathlon 2003-2004

Steady performance by Claude Wurth in Switzerland during the amazing IM70.3 Rapperswil, one of the most spectator-friendly events across the entire IRONMAN European Tour with its consolidated event area and all locations within a short walking distance. The race boasts a 1.9k swim in the beautiful Upper Lake Zurich and a truncated bike course, which […]

Once again, Olivier Godart showed an awesome and badass performance at the Challenge Family ‘The Championship’ Samorin/Slovakia half distance triathlon. The race venue was the x-bionic® sphere, which is the Official Olympic Training Centre Slovakia offering professional conditions in 27 Olympic disciplines. During the race, Olivier outdared difficult road conditions, heavy wind sections and sandy […]

Alors que Bob Haller faisait tout pour se rétablir d’un grand rhume cette semaine, tout semblait aller au mieux aujourd’hui. Les athlètes étaient prêts pour sauter du ponton alors que des dauphins sont venus faire la ronde dans la baie. La température de l’eau était passée à 23,5 degrés, donc natation sans néoprène, et le […]

Only participant at the 10km ‘Widdebierg’ run in Mensdorf was Cyril Henricot who finished the race in 45:17net on 56th rank overall under 277 finisher. RESULTS – Widdebierglaf Mensdorf 10km

Excellent result from Manon Kirsch at the difficult and hilly olympic distance triathlon in Saint-Hubert / Belgium. She classified on 2nd podium rank overall with an end time of 3:21:08 and won the female age group F24! Manon was extremely happy about her performance and her achievement – congratulations for your result from the team! […]

The trainer of Bob Haller’s portuguese team Club Portugal Talentus decided that Bob should race the portuguese sprint triathlon championships after his 2 DNF races in the last weeks. Bob aligned at this portuguese national qualification race for the sprint triathlon WC. In face of a strong 130 man field, Bob managed to win this […]

Gavin Hodgson finished once again on the podium of a 5km race, this time on the hilly route of the ‘Berdorferlaf’. He finished 2nd overall in 17:31min. In the 10km main race, the best performance goes to Emiliano Laruccia on 12th rank in 41:43min followed by Jean-Claude Schmitz on 18th rank (44:16min) and Claude Wurth […]

Jean-Claude Schmitz and Jérôme Barthels have participated at the Open Swim event in Losheim/Saarland. Both have chosen to swim the 2.5km distance. (out of 1.25km / 2.5km / 5.0km / 10.0km] Jean-Claude won the age group M35 in an end time of 44:07min and finished 9th overall in open ranking. Jérôme took 48:03min to finish […]

Noémie Ries and Leo Weishaar participated at the semi-finals triathlon ‘Championnat de France Jeunes’ in Autun/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Both athletes represented the national triathlon federation FLTRI and were accompanied by the national trainer Cyrille Eple. Noémie managed to finish on 6th rank overall in mixed male and female ranking – even more, she won the female category!!! […]