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REPORT

The German swims in a group of twelve men
just after the British Harry Wiltshire. With
him are Andy Potts, Marko Albert, Tim Don
and Denis Chevrot. Behind them, at thirty seconds,
other favorites including Terenzo Bozzone, Andreas
Raelert, Frederik Van Lierde.

Frodeno’s biggest rival exits the water 4’30 from the
lead.

Before the climb towards Hawi, Jan Frodeno had
already caught Weiss and Boecherer, Potts and Kienle.
On the way back towards Kona, the two German
Frodeno and Kienle decided to move up a gear and
shared the lead with Boecherer, Weiss and Potts.
Behind, many underdogs payed the price for a referee
who liked to use too much the blue card. Many of them
had a 5-minute penalty as our two French Bertrand
Billard and Cyril Viennot. Frederik Van Lierde also
had the same as well as Tyler Butterfield, 4th in 2015...

Sébastian Kienle and Jan Frodeno

The Germano-German fight continues. Finally seconds lead on his countryman Kienle. The two
Frodeno exited the second transition first with four men run together, neck-and-neck until the half-

marathon. We think
about the legendary
dual between Dave
Scott and Mark Allen.
But Frodeno is ruthless
and flies, alone,
towards a second
victory in Hawaii. In
8h06’30, the German
wins with 3’30 lead
on Sebastien Kienle.
Their countryman
Lange completes the
100% German podium.
Note that he also
goes down in history
signing the fastest
marathon of all time in
Hawaii in 2h39’45 !!!

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