Posted: July 2, 2007

Triathlon: Field filling fast for 2008 Quelle Challenge Roth

More than 1,000 athletes already have signed up to race the 2008 edition of the Quelle Challenge Roth in the triathlon-mad German hamlet of Roth and athletes interested in racing are advised to sign up quickly through the website at www.challenge-roth.co. The race will accept 2,500 individual entries and another 500 relay teams with no waiting list. Hotel rooms in the region also are filling quickly. The Quelle Challenge Roth, the former Ironman Europe, celebrated 20 years of triathlon in Roth on June 24 with a thrilling competition that saw Aussie Chris McCormack win his fourth title in 7:54 and Yvonne van Vlerken of the Netherlands win her debut in 8:51. The race drew an estimated 140,000 spectators and was seen by millions of viewers on German television. You can re-live the action from last week at < AHREF="http://www.challenge-live.com" target="_news">www.challenge-live.com where you’ll find webcams, photo galleries, videos, news stories and an athlete tracker. Quelle Challenge Roth’s sponsors include: Quelle AG, Deutsche Post AG, N-ERGIE, PRO4, Newline, N¸rnberger Nachrichten (N¸rnberg Newspapers), Bayrische Versicherungskammer, Erdinger Alkoholfrei, Sparkasse Mittelfranken-S¸d, Arndt, Fiegl & Konrad GmbH, Mavic, County of Roth, City of Roth, City of Hilpoltstein, Coca-Cola, Frankenbrunnen, Zeus Copy, Paladin, Hofmann, Jura Kaelte, Guttenberger & Partner, and Spedition Heinloth. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest