Faris Al-Sultan of Moosach wins Ironman Hawaii

Article in SZ: Faris Al-Sultan, a German of Iraqi origin from Munich-Moosach has won the Ironman in Hawaii - 3.6 km swimming, 180 km cycling, 42 km running. After winning, he waved the Munich flag, i.e. not the German one.

Don't you mean the Bavarian not Munich flag ;-)

What happened to the Stadler-guy?

He got two punctures on the cycle leg and dropped out.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww, right or left leg?
(taking a blond moment)

Hats off to Faris Al-Sultan. That's one tough mother! No way I'd be able to do that!

It must have been the right leg because there was still a leg left!

Wow. I was listening to a radio interview with him about 2 weeks ago talking about his preparation etc. He seemed pretty confident that he was not going to win, so this must be even better for him.
Cograts Faris!

Seems the first thing he did after the interviews is go the the nearest Taco Bell and stuff himself with tacos and burritos.

He also broke the record for the Hawaii IM. But he better watch out as I know of one TTer who is going to do IM Austria next year.

Faris came third at the 2006 event last weekend (21.Oct.2006).

The winner was Normann Stadler, a.k.a. "The Norminator", who incidently is also German - from Mannheim.

More info: Ironman Triathlon - Wikipedia

Germans seem to be doing well at the Ironman events.

My brother-in-law did the "Ironman Moo" in Madison, Wisconsin in September, and both the male and female winners were German.