The final German HYROX race of the 2022/23 season took place in Frankfurt on Saturday 10th December 2022. This was the last opportunity to qualify for the Elite races at the European championships (to be held in Maastricht), and the North American championships (to be held in Chicago).
Frankfurt – often termed “Bankfurt” or “Mainhatten” – is known for the skyline of its impressive business district (the city has more than 40 skyscrapers) and is home to 14 of the 15 tallest buildings in Germany. It also has the second largest airport in Europe. The HYROX event took place at Messe Frankfurt.
Several age group world records were broken on the day, and 4 athletes cemented their place into the Elite races at the regional championships.
The results on the day were as follows:
Women’s Pro
- Schubert, Magdalena (GER) 01:06:44
- Ardelt, Beatrice (GER) 01:08:55
- Thies, Tania (LUX) 01:09:05
Men’s Pro
- Lousa, Tiago (POR) 00:57:54
- Gast, Florian (GER) 00:58:40
- Wynn, Jonathon (AUS) 00:58:48
Women’s Open
- Nikolaus, Jennifer (GER) 01:02:46
- Reusch, Julia (GER) 01:08:36
- Kiewit, Seka (GER) 01:08:39
Men’s Open
- Voisin, Joffrey (FRA) 00:58:16
- van Herk, Robert (NED) 00:59:14
- von Stelzer, Christopher (GER) 01:00:57
Women’s Doubles
- Kathrin Byczok and Jessica Ittner 00:59:41
- Aleksandra Vargin and Martina Görz 01:01:07
- Caroline Vreden and Bonnie Lohmann 01:01:49
Men’s Doubles
- Beau Wills and Matthias Kalt 00:53:19
- Christian Jacobick and Dennis Geckert 00:55:19
- Timo van der Meer and Frederic Legatzki 00:55:21
Mixed Doubles
- Florian Lippenmeyer and Jacqueline Lippenmeyer 00:54:55
- David Tielie and Emilie Venza 00:57:52
- Patrick Martens and Jana Lebenstedt 01:00:01
The below video talks about the race some more, includes footage and photos from the day, and amongst other things includes comments from the mens pro race winner (who set the fastest time of the year so far)…
Here are some more photos of the 2022 event:
