Ironman Germany order to keep the athletes safe from ships and pollution. After the swimming portion is finished, athletes change into their cycling attire and begin the 180 kilometer ride, 8 kilometers south of Roth. The ride goes down to Greding, where they turn and finish back at Roth. After the cycling portion is finished, athletes change into their running attire and begin the 40 kilometer run to the finish. In 2001, the WTC ended its Ironman contract with Roth. The annual triathlon still goes on but it is no longer part of the Ironman series. Since 2005, the Ironman European Championship
Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre race in a magnificent fashion, Guam's 16-year-old teen Benjamin Schulte, dubbed as "Benny the Bream" by the crowd, fought off audaciously throughout the open-water course to round out the field with a twenty-fifth place time in 2:03:35.1. The men's 10 km open water marathon at the 2012 Olympics featured a field of 25 swimmers: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre The men's marathon swim over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 10 August in the Serpentine at Hyde Park. Outclassing a vast field of rivals, Tunisia's