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Rutger Beke, from Belgium, is known both nationally and internationally
as an excellent professional triathlete. Thanks to his persistence and 10
years of hard training work, Rutger now belongs to the world top of long
distance triathlon.
Rutger started his career in 1995 at age 17. In 2002, at age 25, he
managed to reach the international top, thanks to a bronze medal in the
World Championship Long Distance in Nice. Another 18 months later he
finished second as a rookie in the Ironman Hawaii 2003.
In 2004 he confirms with a 5th place in Hawaii, but the next 11 months he
is kept away from racing because of false accusations of doping use. On
August 9 2005 the Belgian Court finally declares Rutger not guilty, after
seeing evidence from the universities of Leuven and Ghent, which proves
that the EPO doping test of WADA does not work properly in Rutger's case
and that he can get false-positive test results. During all these
difficult months, Rutger not only kept fighting the false accusations, but
he also continued his training program like a real pro.
That helps him a lot to win the half Ironman Monaco on September 4 2005,
his return into the competition. 6 weeks later he finishes in the
TOP-5 of the World Championship in Hawaii for the third consecutive year
with a fourth place. Rutger is mainly
known as an excellent runner, even though biking has become his strongest
discipline in 2003.
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