The World's Biggest Challenge is coming, and you can be a part of this!
The Challenge Roth Triathlon is one of the most famous triathlon events worldwide, with
entries selling out in minutes!
In today's video, we'll be talking about DATEV Challenge Roth powered by HEP, held on July
3 this year.
To be able to know more about this event, be sure to keep watching until the very end.
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Before hopping into this year's Challenge Roth, let us go back to how it began.
Herbert Walchshöfer ventured to start in 2002, launching the "Quelle Challenge Roth"
brand.
The debut on July 14, 2002, was a huge success.
The second race in the series was held in Wanaka, New Zealand, in 2007, after additional
successful events.
The extension of the Roth Challenge brand had begun, which was first continued by Herbert
Walchshöfer's wife, Alice, and children, Felix and Kathrin, following his terrible
death.
The Walchshöfer family left Challenge Family in 2015 to focus only on the triathlon classic
in Roth with a small crew, and a lot of love after the worldwide series had grown to encompass
more than 35 races.
Simultaneously, Challenge Family, located in Almere, Netherlands, has over 30 races
scheduled worldwide.
To provide the greatest race possible for athletes, as stated in the tagline, "all about
the athlete."
Following Detlef Kühnel's return of the Ironman license in 2001 due to unacceptably high demands
from the then-WTC President, Kühnel's successor Herbert Walchshöfer risked to start a new
event – and launched the new "Quelle Challenge Roth" label.
On July 14, 2002, the debut was an instant hit — and a pretty convincing one at that.
Some of the cheery newspaper headlines in those days were "Roth stays Roth" and "The
fans keep faithful to their hero."
Patrick Lange and Anne Haug won the DATEV Challenge Roth powered by hep in 2021, conducted
under COVID limitations with a smaller field but ideal race conditions in Roth's triathlon
stronghold.
Lange, the 2018 world champion, won a thrilling men's race in his debut in Roth after an exceptional
effort in a time of 7:19:19 hours, even though the bike route was only 170 kilometers due
to roadworks.
In the women's race, reigning world champion Anne Haug made her Roth debut with a spectacular
win, crossing the finish line in 7:53:48 hours, which was also a new track record.
The tenth anniversary of Challenge Roth was celebrated in 2010, which was a cause for
celebration in Roth and among athletes.
Within a decade, the quality label has established itself as an annual event that sells out in
minutes.
It's the most pleasant and most popular triathlon on the planet, as evidenced by Challenge Roth's
victory in the "Race of the Year" award from the "Triathlon" magazine last November.
The anniversary event in the summer of 2011 features a real-world sensation.
As a special birthday surprise, Chrissie Wellington and Andreas Raelert set a double world record
for Challenge Roth, which will go down in history and convert Challenge Roth into a
true legend.
Andreas Raelert makes a strong fight and wins his first race in Roth in a stunning 7:41:33
hour performance.
Chrissie Wellington's third triumph in Challenge Roth in a row – and another new world record
time - puts the cherry on top of this global sensation.
The world's finest triathlete breaks her previous year's record by exactly one minute, crossing
the finish line in 8:18:13 hours.
Challenge Roth presented the Official ETU European Long-Distance Triathlon Championship
for the first time in 2012, and it proved to be a glamorous and welcoming site.
From an athletic standpoint, it's also a remarkable race.
The battle is thrilling from the start, and the winner is James Cunnama of South Africa,
who completes the course in 7:59:59 hours, barely a fraction of a second under the crucial
eight-hour mark.
Timo Bracht takes second place and is crowned the Official ETU European Long-Distance Champion,
while Mike Aigroz of Switzerland takes third place.
Rachel Joyce of the United Kingdom outperforms all of her opponents in the women's category,
winning in 8:45:04 hours, ahead of Sonja Tajsich of Germany and Julia Gajer, who finished second
the year before.
As a result, Rachel Joyce was named the Official ETU European Long-Distance Champion.
DATEV Challenge Roth, powered by hep, one of the long-running jewels of the European
triathlon summer, has unveiled an excellent line-up of headline names for July 3, 2022.
Three of Germany's greatest ever long-distance runners will return to Bavaria, as will all
past Challenge Roth victors.
Patrick Lange and Anne Haug, champions in 2021, will compete again, along with Sebastian
Kienle, the 2014 IRONMAN World Champion.
Kienle's Roth novel was published in 2018.
Lange, of course, will be hoping to recover from his early-season collision, while Kienle,
in his last season in the sport, will be welcomed back.
Sam Long is an intriguing addition to the contest.
Long wants to return to Utah at the end of October to see if he can take that next step
after finishing second in the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in St George last year.
Unfortunately, the IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii, just three weeks before that, appears
to be out of the running.
Long said shortly after the Challenge Roth news that Kona is not on his calendar for
2022.
The American athlete has opted to add Challenge Roth to his list of racing ambitions for the
next year.
However, athletes will need to pick their battles carefully in a season that includes
the PTO Tour for the first time.
Long holds a large early lead in the Challenge Family World Bonus pool, despite having already
won CLASH Miami and Challenge Puerto Varas.
It might be a sensible choice on many levels, especially with Roth delivering the most points.
Laura Siddall is almost always present in Roth, so it's no surprise that she'll be racing
again.
In recent years, she has placed second (twice) and fourth (also twice), and she always appears
to perform in Germany at an event she enjoys.
She'll be joined by Fenella Langridge, ensuring that the top three ladies from 2021, along
with Anne Haug, will all compete again.
The triathlon district of Roth can be quite proud of three world champions, the 70.3 Worlds
runner-up, and many more top-class racers on the start line on the historic Roth canal,
according to race director Felix Walchshöfer.
This once again shows Roth's strong position in the international triathlon.
Despite two Ironman World Championships, this year's starting field is unusual in Europe.
That ends our video for today!
If you're looking forward to this year's Roth Challenge, which includes three of Germany's
greatest long-distance athletes, aren’t we all?
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