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Hier ein neues Interview zu London und Ironman: http://triathlete-europe.competitor....olympic-dream/

Interessant u.a.:

If you don’t qualify for the Olympics this year, what will your plans be to finish out the year?
I will go back to the long course races. I have missed this racing, that’s for sure. The WTC is changing so rapidly and we have so many options now in the world of long course racing. I will look at focusing on a campaign that may see me do a couple of Ironmans this season and a solid assault at a world championship.

Und zu Cairns und LA:

Finally, what are your thoughts on Challenge Cairns now being an Ironman event? What does that mean for you in terms of the possibilities for your 2012 season, given that you will validate your Kona spot by racing it?
Ironman Cairns is cool. I signed to race three years here and am looking forward to it. What it does do is validate my Kona spot for the year and give me options. I am happy about it. We have not looked past June right now, but to qualify for Kona so early gives me that option if I wish to take it. If Lance qualifies in France in July, this could get interesting and motivating. My season plan will be something I discuss with my team and my family. We do know one thing, when I return to Ironman, it will be where we left. We wouldn’t want it any other way!

Felix