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BEST Centre Olympic triathlon competitor Patrik Nilsson: calm in a storm
Winner of four Ironman races by the age of 25, father of a month-old son, about to compete in the Barcelona and European 70.3 races and a hot ticket for this year’s Kona Ironman World Championships, Patrik Nilsson is at the centre of a perfect triathlon storm. Yet the...
Lothar and Nicole Leder – Legends of Triathlon
In 2018, Ironman racing will celebrate its 40th birthday: the first ever race took place on 18 February 1978. In Darmstadt, Germany, two six-year-old children called Lothar and Nicole were just learning to swim and ride their bikes in 1978. Years later, they would...
Peter Naegeli – Training the world
Swiss coach Peter Naegeli, an age group Xterra champion, has gathered a multi-national set of athletes into his stable. Under the ‘www.kona-coaching.com’ umbrella, Naegeli guides his athletes through the stages of triathlon preparation, with several entered for 70.3...
Christian Prochnow – Staying Calm in Mallorca
There are many reasons to come and train at the BEST Centre in Mallorca, according to former pro triathlete Christian Prochnow: the superb pool, the great climate, the expertise and background of the owners and the company of swim and triathlon champions. ‘I love the...
Pamela Geijo: Top triathlete at the BEST Centre
Coming out of the water at the 2003 Valparaiso ITU Pan American Cup Olympic triathlon race in Chile, 23-year old Pamela Geijo lay in 5th place among the elite field. Born in Argentina, she was up against many of the best South American women in the sport, but knew...
Lotte Miller – Norway’s Rising Stars
‘Colonia Sant Jordi is just the right size,’ says Norwegian triathlete Lotte Miller. ‘It’s big enough that there are things to do, but not so large that you have to cycle through traffic. And it’s easy to get out into the countryside. I really appreciate that.’ A...
Slovakian swimmer Richard Nagy certainly has stamina.
Not only has the 22-year-old visited the BEST Centre 13 times, he clocks up mammoth training sessions while he’s here, recently hitting 20,000m in one swim! ‘My coach is very happy, because the Centre lets me train longer. And they always cheer you on,’ says Nagy, who...
Deckers and Goos place in IM 70.3
Uplace camp pays dividends for Uplace stars The Uplace Pro Triathlon team rounded off a 2 week camp at the BEST Centre with Tine Deckers and Sofie Goos finishing 2nd and 4th in the IM 70.3 in Alcudia last weekend. The team had a great camp with us for the second year...
Ian Thorpe at BEST Centre
Thorpe graces BEST Wall of Fame One of the greatest swimmers in modern history, Ian Thorpe, was at the BEST Centre in Colonia Sant Jordi last week on a training camp with the Swiss Elite national team, coached by Gennadi Touretski. The 5 time Olympic gold medallist is...
March of Triathletes
March madness at the BEST Centre Triathlon at the BEST Centre goes from strength to strength. In the last week in March, all 10 lanes of the pool were taken by triathletes for the 7-9am session! German Olympian Christian Prochnow ran a great camp here, with a group of...
10 of the BEST
Welcome to 10 of the BEST. This is where we will give you a snap shot of some of the swimming greats. Whenever a great swimmer is on the pookdeck, we ask them a questionnaire: 10 of the BEST. Catch a glimpse of what lies behind the medals and the media profiles, who or what has influenced their careers and how they spend their time away from the pool.
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