Marek Jaskolka     

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Two months after my accident in Madrid I am back to regular training. My clavicula is well healed up and I am happy to be able to swim again. It has been a difficult time for me, but now I am motivated to push my preperations for the upcoming races: WCS Budapest and the two World Cups in Korea and Mexico. I hope to have some Olympic points by the end of this year. 

06.06.2010- Accident in Madrid with huge consequences

With lots of optimism and motivation I raced in the third round of the Triathlon World Championship Series in Madrid. It was the first race to count for the Olympic qualification for London 2012. After a solid swim I found myself in a 5-men group. We worked well together and were on the way to close the gap to the pack ahead. Unfortunetely in the 4th lap I crashed and got seriously injured. In the hospital I found out to have a multiple fracture of my left clavicular bone. I have had surgery in Berlin already and feel good. However, I have to take a long break from triathlon and must focus on a good rehab now. The past few days have not been easy for me. I hope I can maybe return to triathlon this year, but I will take it slowly. Thus keep your fingers crossed!  

03.06.2010- Cooperation with SPORTSHOP-TRIATHLON.DE

I am proudly to announce a cooperation with WWW.SPORTSHOP-TRIATHLON.DE. As the name already suggests, Sportshop-Triathlon.de specializes in sales of products in triathlon. The products are of good quality and a big choice of articles meets all expectations of every triathlete. Here is the link to www.sportshop-triathlon.de

22.05.2010- First victory in the European Cup in Senec

Last Saturday I won my first ITU European Cup in Senec (SVK). It is the first ever win of a Polish athlete in a European Cup. I am very happy with my performance. The swim was in a laka with about 16 degrees celcius water temperature. I came 14th out of the water with more than a minute down to Richard Varga. After a good transition I sat in the first pack. Many other good swimmers missed the pack, so I worked hard on the bike to maintain the lead and catch up with the leader Varga. After dismounted the bike in second position with around one minute ahead the chasers. I did not feel very well on the run getting stitches. However, just after 1 k I pushed hard and took the lead. Only Filip Ospaly could follow me and it was going to become a remarkable battle. We worked together extending our lead. I knew Ospaly is a good man when it comes to a sprint finish. So just 500m to go I speeded up to the maximum. I managed to get away a little bit, but Ospaly came closer again. Just 100m before the finish line, he was a couple of meters behind, but I was able to accelerate again and won my first ITU- European Cup. You find the results on www.triathlon.org and here some pictures.  

08.05.2010- 30th in Seoul

Last Sunday I took part in the second round of the Triathlon World Championships. I arrived in Seoul very well prepared and I was very optimistic. 65 elite men took part in this race in Asia. The swim was very good for me and with just 22 seconds behind the leader Javier Gomez I exited the water. Already on the way to the transition area I noticed heavy breathing. On the bike the leaders put on a amazing pace, but I was able to keep it up and with other 50 men entered the second transition. From the start on I had terrible stitches and could not breath properly. Nethertheless I moved to the 19th position and I was ready to move even further to the front. Unforunately I got an asthma attack and my legs got really hard like stone. The last 5 k had been just a torture and I am happy to at least save some points in the ITU ranking. I have got suspicion, that the medication against asthma I took before the race actually caused asthma. This seems paradoxical, but in the medication description "paradoxical bronchospasm" is mentioned as one of he side effects. Whether I am right or wrong I will see at the next race. So get four fingers crossed and I only hope I am right!! Marek

On www.triathlon.org a video and full results are available!!!