Alex Yee, the surprise of the Abu Dhabi World Series

The young British triathlete, Alex Yee, of only 21 years old, has amazed everyone today by getting the second place in the Abu Dhabi World Series fighting face to face with Mario Mola , three times world champion.

Alex, who won in the past Cape Town World Cup, warned that he was in great shape for this test. Although he is not a good swimmer, he is a great runner, as he had shown on other occasions.

Yee, who suffered an accident at the Cagliari world cup in 2017, was on the verge of having to leave the sport, however he managed to compete again achieving one of the best times in the distance of 5.000 meters with 13:34: 12 in an athletics event in his country.

In the test today, Alex has been fighting with Mario Mola at all times, it is true that Mola has had to overcome in the cycling segment and in the first part of the race on foot due to a bad transition, but to be in the positions of head struggling with the three times world champion can not go unnoticed

Mario Mola holds the "title" of being the fastest triathlete in history in the 5 km of a sprint triathlon with 13: 55 achieved in Hamburg 2015 y Mooloodaba 2014 in this very appointment. Today the Briton has run the distance in 14:07, while Mola in 14:00 which has earned him the victory.

Alex has the titles of Junior Duathlon World Champion in Avilés in 2016 and Junior Duathlon European Champion in Soria

With these data, we must take into account this young triathlete in the upcoming World Series appointments.