13 years of the first world that Javier Gómez Noya won, the Sub 23.

Today 6 of 2016 December are met 13 years of first world title won by Javier Gómez Noya, it was in the town of Queenstown in New Zealand.

The country of the antipodes has always been one of the places where Javier Gómez Noya has had better results since in addition to the 2003 world title, he also won the New Playmouth world cup in 2008, the grand final of the Auckland 2012 world series, and 2 wins in the WTS in the New Zealand capital in 2013 and 2014 .

The sub23 world championship was decided in the race on foot where Javi was the fastest (in the elite test only 2 men ran more than him) taking the gold medal with a final time of 1: 59: 06, followed by the Australian Nick Hornman at 27” and from German Steffen Justus at 34”. Also note that in this test Ramón Ejeda it was 10º and Jose Manuel Tovar 19o.

The Queentown World Championships were very positive for the Spanish national team in general, as the same day Zuriñe Rodríguez achieved the bronze medal reaching the finish line behind the great Mirinda Carfrae (3 times winner in Kona). That day Zuri also achieved the best partial on foot of all competitors ... something that had great merit with Mirinda in competition. He also competed but I can not finish the race Soraya Perez

As regards the elite competition that was played the next day Ivan Raña He won the silver medal. The Llanos brothers also finished the test, Eneko in 27ª position and Hektor in the 39ª. In the women's competition Ana Burgos achieved a meritorious 8 position, while Pilar Hidalgo it was 27ª and Ainhoa ​​Murua 34 ª.

To finish, we must highlight four female athletes from the junior women's competition who in the following years have been among the best in the world: Vanessa Fernades (3ª), Helen Jenkins (5ª), Daniela Ryf (6ª) and Lisa Norden (10ª)

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