David Beckham moves to triathlon

The former footballer wants to embark on one of the most demanding sports events in the world: the Ironman triathlon race.

According to the website publishes elespectador.com, the former English footballer eta is starting to train to aftontrar his new challenge, an ironman. David Beckham which He announced his retirement from the playing fields a few months ago, but far from abandoning the world of sport that has so obsessed him, the ex-football player has now decided to change his specialty and start a promising career in the demanding triathlon discipline: a change of course that will show when taking part in the test 'Ironmanwhich will be played next to a good friend, the media chef Gordon Ramsay.

"David has been giving very good advice to Gordon to achieve a physique as toned as yours and, above all, to compete in a test of such a category that can kill you if you are not in top form. But right now it is David who is jealous of Gordon, because he is taking the challenge so seriously that he may end up beating an icon of football", revealed a source to the Daily Star newspaper.

While his newfound love of the sport has helped Gordon Ramsay lose many pounds and show off a renewed physical appeal, David Beckham has recovered the illusion for sports activity that, somehow, he lost as soon as he announced that he would not step on the turf of a stadium again.

"Gordon now exercises three to four times a week, so he has lost a lot of weight. But this challenge of the 'Ironman' is very beneficial also for David, because it has helped lift his spirits after he retired from the world of the ball", added the same informant.

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