Cornelius Wermann starts again at the Ironman in Hawaii

Actually, his first Ironman should also be his last: Cornelius Wermann (46) from Northwest Mecklenburg was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia. Healed, the internist fought back – now he has qualified again for Hawaii.

Wismar/Hamberge. Cornelius Wermann is not only good at medicine: the internist at the Sana Hanse-Klinikum in Wismar, who lived with his family in Hamberge near Grevesmühlen for a few years, won the German triathlon championship for doctors and pharmacists in Leipzig on July 24th . The 46-year-old needed two hours and three minutes for the Olympic distance of 1.5 kilometers swimming, 40 kilometers cycling and ten kilometers running.

“It’s my first victory after being second and third,” says the senior physician. And it is a good feeling to have left much younger colleagues and medical students behind. That’s why he’s happy about the championship title, which he has worked hard for through regular training. “But my main focus is on the Ironman,” explains the athletic physician. The distances of 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.195 km running, i.e. a marathon, are considerably longer.

—