Analysis of Xavier Llobet, Olympic triathlete in Athens 2004
The fourth presence corroborates that triathlon is in a privileged situation. Furthermore, its clear projection confirms that multidisciplinary sport is already one of the stellar events of the universal event.
The British event will be fought by 55 women and 55 men, chosen during the tough and elitist Olympic cycle, which was held between 2008-2012. Specifically, the girls will compete on Saturday, August 4 and the boys will take over on Tuesday, the 7th.
This will be a Triathlon where the talent of the athletes and the high speeds that they will apply on a circuit with few difficulties will prevail.
The central Hyde Park will be the great stage for the best multidisciplinary athletes to demonstrate their impressive category. The swim will take place on the north side of the lake, specifically in The Serpentine, where the starting pontoon will be located and where the 1,5 km lap defined by the 7 buoys that will make up the aquatic circuit will take place.
Subsequently, they will enter the pit area to take their machine and do the corresponding 6 laps of the cycling circuit. The completely flat loop will pass by the majestic Buckingham Palace and re-enter the nerve center of the London park. Its lack of difficulty will allow the triathletic peloton to achieve spectacular average speed.
To finish, the triathletes will reach the second transition to begin the last segment, composed of 4 laps, 2,5 km, around the Serpentine Lake and which will decide who are the new Olympic medalists. Without a doubt, it will be a high-flying attraction that I recommend not to miss. Remember that on the 4th the competition begins at 9:00 in the morning and on August 7 at 11:30 in the morning.
CANDIDATES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD
Eight years ago, in Athens (GRE) the Spanish team started with the title of favorite with the presence of the great Iván Raña. This soufflé became much more inflated at the Beijing Olympics (CHN) with the Galician tandem: the aforementioned soldier Raña and the champion Gómez Noya were aiming for a sure medal, but the curse continued with its tradition.
On this occasion, favoritism falls on the Brownlee brothers and relieves Javier Gómez Noya. Locals Alistair and Jonathan are the clear CANDIDATES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD. The British team has set up a fearsome team in which the third component will succumb to the orders of the local heroes. Although the presence of the Spaniard, the Germans Frodeno (Olympic champion in Beijing) and Justus (winner of this year's Sydney event), the French Hauss and Vidal, the multiple medalist Docherty (NZL, silver in Athens 2004, bronze in Beijing 2008), the Canadian flag bearer and first Olympic champion in history in Sydney 2000, Withfield, the Russian tsars Bruykhankov and Polyanskiy or the Swiss Riederer, among others, can dampen the mass bath that the Brit Team is dreaming of ..
Without a doubt, Javi has a golden opportunity to get a well-deserved medal. The rest of the team made up of Mario Mola and Josemi Pérez will find themselves in front of their biggest objective and thanks to their quality they have a great chance of achieving a quality result.
As for the women's race, the British team has set up a team similar to the men's, with a clear leader: the world champion Helen Jenkins accompanied by her compatriots Hall and Holland who will try to support her at all times so that she can obtain the most precious metal. But if the men's event will start with a clear and marked line, the women's event is perhaps somewhat more confusing and the presence of many candidates for the final victory will, in all likelihood, make it an exciting and exciting competition. Champions and clear favorites such as: Spirig (SUI), Hewitt (NZL), Ribeiros (CHI), Moffat and Densham (AUS), Norden (SUE), Findlay (CAN), Bennet (USA) or the Spanish Ainhoa Murua will fight to the maximum to turn the British dream into a nightmare.
Zuriñe Rodríguez and Marina Dalaimcourt will complete the Spanish team and will have an opportunity to show off their talent and achieve a result corresponding to their enormous quality.
Before the multidisciplinary show starts, we must highlight that the Spanish team has achieved the first success, qualifying the maximum representation quota in the Olympic event (3 girls and 3 boys). In this way, it equals the historic milestone achieved in 2004 in Athens (GRE), with Murua, Burgos and Hidalgo in the women's team and Raña, Llanos and Llobet in the men's team. This fact categorically defines that the Spanish triathlon is one of the world powers of the specialty and will surely achieve great success in the British capital.
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