Zacked!

Associated Press Sports
Updated: 8:53 a.m. ET Sept. 13, 2006

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -Juergen Zack was suspended two years for doping Wednesday by the German Triathlon Union.

The organization said Zack, runner-up at the 1997 Hawaii Ironman contest, tested positive in July.

"The commission sees no other possibility but a two-year suspension according to the rules,'' said Reinhard Wilke, the chairman of Germany's triathlon anti-doping commission.

The union did not specify the banned substance Zack used. He had previously said he will retire.

The 40-year-old Zack had numerous top-10 finishes at the Hawaii Ironman and was a five-time winner of Roth, one of Europe's most prestigious long-distance races.