Javier Gómez Noya seeks victory at the Ironman 70.3 in Barcelona
This coming Sunday 20 of May arrives a new edition of Ironman 70.3 of Barcelona, one of the most international appointments of the Spanish calendar of medium distance and that supposes the return to the competition of Javier Gómez Noya in national territoryl.
The year 2013 was running when Javier Gomez Noya he made his debut half a distance and he did it in a big way, proclaiming himself Europe de Media Distance in the Half Challenge Barcelona in Calella. Five years later Noya returns to a middle distance career in Spain and he does it in the same place, this time at the Ironman 70.3 in Barcelona, which is also held in the city of Calella. In these 5 Noya seasons in addition to winning 3 ITU titles, he has completed 11 middle distance triathlons, achieving victory in nine of them including 2 World Ironman 70.3 the aforementioned MD European Championship.
Noya arrives with an immaculate 2017, where he has won in the Challenge Wanaka and in the Polar International Cannes Triathlon The Ironman 70.3 is the last step before its expected debut in the Ironman distance that will take place next June 10 in the Australian town of Cairns
Javier Gomez Noya is the main favorite to victory, in a competition that has the third place in the world last Kona the British David McNamme, Swedish Patrik Nilsson or the Austrian Kastelein Nicholas. It also highlights the presence of the winner of the Ironman Lanzarote 2017 the Belgian Bart Aernouts. In addition to Galician there will be other Spaniards at the start: Albert Brown, Imanol Sagarzazu y Vincente Castella
While in the female category Emma Pallant current runner-up in the world of distance is the big favorite, next to the Austrian Eva Wutti, the German Anja Baranek and the Danish Camilla Pedersen. In this category there will be no Spanish representation.
The competition will start the 7: 00 with the male PRO exit and one minute later the women will do it and then the age groups. The race consists of swimming 1.900m in the Mediterranean Sea with departure and arrival at the beach of Calella. Later cycling is 90km around a loop through a closed circuit to traffic to finish with 21km running on foot running through the Mediterranean Sea and turning in Pineda de Mar.
Photos: Challenge Wanaka
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