South Tyrolean duel at the 25th Lake Kaltern Triathlon

Hofer is the only South Tyrolean who has already won the men's race in Kaltern. Two years ago, the 30-year-old from Bolzano won ahead of Alessandro De Gasperi and Leonardo Ballerini. Last year he wasn't able to take part because of the Olympic qualification, but tomorrow he wants to be at the forefront again. Last Sunday at the European Cup in Antalya he finished 17th.

For Matthias Steinwandter from San Candido, ten years his junior, it will be the first Olympic triathlon. He has never competed over this distance (1,5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) in his career. It will be a difficult race because all of Italy's strong U23 athletes have registered, as the competition in Kaltern counts as one of two qualifying races for the U23 European Championships, which will be held in Holten in the Netherlands.

Among the men's favorites are Giulio Molinari (Italy), Sergiy Kurochkin (Ukraine) and Toth Tamas (Hungary). In the women's race, however, victory will probably only come over the Hungarian Erika Csomor. She has won the Powerman in Zofingen several times and came fourth in 2008.

Registrations stopped for 600 athletes “This year we don't want to set a new participation record, so registrations have been stopped at 600 athletes. Like every year, we are trying to organize a triathlon at a very high international level, but in which everyone can take part - even those who are less trained," explains OC boss Werner Maier. The Kalterer Triathlon sports club will be the most represented in terms of numbers with 14 athletes. The “oldies” among the South Tyrolean triathletes, such as Manuela Janesi and Werner Überbacher, will also be at the start at the 25th edition. Janesi from Brixen has already celebrated three victories in Klatern, while Astrid Perathoner from Bolzano and Edith Niederfriniger from Merano were also able to enter the winners' list once each in the women's category.

The program in Kaltern: Saturday, 4th May 2013 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Registration and distribution of starting documents 13 p.m.: Closing of the transition area 13.30 p.m.: Competition briefing 14 p.m.: Start 17 p.m.: Pasta party 18.30 p.m.: Award ceremony (finish area)

All previous winners at the triathlon in Kaltern Men 1989 Hermann Kramer (Germany) 1990 Gernot Winkler (Austria) 1991 Andrea Lombardozzi (Italy) 1992 Andrea Lombardozzi (Italy) 1993 Herbert Forster (Austria) 1994 Giampietro De Faveri (Italy) 1995 Giampietro De Faveri (Italy) 1996 Damian Zepic (Slovenia) 1997 Uwe Widmann (Germany) 1998 Giampietro De Faveri (Italy) 1999 Daniel Unger (Germany) 2000 Daniele Fiorentini (Italy) 2001 Peter Hobor (Hungary) 2002 Daniel Fontana (Argentina) 2003 Claude Eksteen (South Africa) 2004 Christian Weimer (Germany) 2005 Christian Weimer (Germany) 2006 Andrea D’Aquino (Italy) 2007 Giampietro De Faveri (Italy) 2008 Christian Ritter (Germany) 2009 Vladimir Polikarpenko (Ukraine) 2010 Jonathan Ciavattella (Italy) 2011 Daniel Hofer (Bolzano/Italy) 2012 Andrea D’Aquino (Italy)

Women 1989 Carla Gambarino (Italy) 1990 Carla Gambarino (Italy) 1991 Monika Feuersinger (Austria) 1992 Brigitte Scheithauer (Germany) 1993 Brigitte Scheithauer (Germany) 1994 Manuela Janesi (Brixen/Italy) 1995 Brigitte Scheithauer (Germany) 1996 Manuela Janesi (Brixen/Italy) 1997 Manuela Janesi (Brixen/Italy) 1998 Astrid Perathoner (Bolzano/Italy) 1999 Anke Strömer (Germany) 2000 Kate Allen (Australia) 2001 Kate Allen (Australia) 2002 Daniela Locarno (Italy) 2003 Edith Niederfriniger (Merano/Italy) 2004 Laura Giordano (Italy) 2005 Lenka Radova (Czech Republic) 2006 Beatrice Lanza (Italy) 2007 Mateja Simic (Slovenia) 2008 Renate Forstner (Austria) 2009 Annamaria Mazzetti (Italy) 2010 Alice Betto (Italy) 2011 Mateja Simic (Slovenia) 2012 Daniela Chmet (Italy)

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South Tyrolean duel at the 25th Lake Kaltern Triathlon

On Saturday, May 4th, the starting signal for the 25th International Lake Kaltern Triathlon will be fired in Überetsch and for the first time two South Tyroleans will be among the favorites in the men's race: Daniel Hofer and Matthias Steinwandter.

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