World Cup race would be today
“The emotions have flattened out to protect themselves”: Jan Frodeno and his longing for the Ironman Hawaii
– Triathlon star Jan Frodeno will get the next chance for another victory at the famous Ironman Hawaii in October 2022 at the earliest © Simon Hofmann / Picture Alliance
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The fact that the legendary Ironman Hawaii has to be canceled this year also and above all affects the German triathlon stars around Jan Frodeno. The World Cup will return to the Pacific Island next October at the earliest.
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This Saturday it would actually be that time again. Hawaii, the cannon blow that started the ordeal of 3.86 kilometers of swimming, 180.2 kilometers of cycling and 42.2 kilometers of running. It should be over 30 degrees in Kailua-Kona, over 60 percent humidity, but only a rather slack wind.
“The feeling of having given everything, fully trained and in top shape to experience the emotions of the race. So far I have not been able to transfer that to any other race and that concerns me more than any ifs and buts,” says Jan Frodeno of the German press agency. But the three-time Ironman champion doesn’t have more than a wistful look at Hawaii.
Because, as in 2020, because of the corona pandemic, there will be nothing with cannon strike, with sweat, suffering and tears, happiness and pain in the triathlon Mecca. This year’s World Cup was initially postponed to the beginning of February 2022, but is now planned for the beginning of May next year. For the first time not at the place where it was founded, but in St. George in the US state of Utah.