Zojuist verschenen een persbericht over de deelname van Norman Stadler aan
Ironman Frankfurt.

Stadler's official press release
We received this earlier today:

Normann Stadler has to cancel IRONMAN Frankfurt because of illness:

"I absolutely wanted to participate, but the doctors forbade it."

Frankfurt, 4th July 2008. Because of a compounded influenzal infection, Normann
Stadler who won two times Ironman Hawaii, can not participate in the IRONMAN
European Championship in Frankfurt. The captain of the Dresdner Kleinwort
Triathlon Team had to announce the staggering news this morning, after having
won the International German Championships (middle distance) only four weeks
ago.

"I wanted to start at any price, but my medicals clearly told me to risk my
health by doing so," disappointed Stadler stated. "If the doctors would not have
strongly advised me not to race, I would have done the race with the last of my
strength. I feel endlessly sorry for my fans and my sponsors. Now I am going to
do everything I can to support my team colleagues Jan Raphael, Markus Fachbach
und Maik Twelsiek in Frankfurt and I will show in Hawaii what I am able to."

Stadler is going to compete on the next Ironman on the 20th of July in Lake
Placid.

Hans
www.atleet.speedxs.nl

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