Javier Gómez Noya favorite for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship

The four-time ITU world champion will try to take victory in Mont Tremblant Young Albert Moreno faces his first participation

 

 

More than 2.500 triathletes from 87 different countries will participate this Sunday, September 7, Ironman World Championship 70.3 in the city of Mont Tremblant (Canada).

 

It is the first time that the US hosts an 70.3 championship, so the city will be involved in the event.

 

 Javier Gómez Noya that comes from getting his room World title last weekend in Edmonton he will also participate in this test where he leaves with many options for victory

 

The Galician takes a few days in Mont Tremblant acclimatizing to the climate and recovering from the emotions of last week.

 

The test this Sunday will be very different from what he is used to, although as he has already told us on other occasions, Triathlon News does not change much the way to train to face a mid-distance triathlon.

 

Noya has already demonstrated its power in this format where it has already been proclaimed European Champion MD in Half Challenge Barcelona in 2013 and winning the IRONMAN 70.3 Panama this year that earned him his classification to compete for the world championship.

 

In this test you will face athletes like Sebastian Kienle Champion of the Europa 70.3 The 2014 y  World Champion and third in Kona in 2013 and that this year he has download 8 hours in Frankfurt.

 

Another triathlete to consider is the New Zealander Terenzo Bozzone current leader of the 70.3 ranking, which in 2008 achieved the 70.3 championship and where it has achieved several 70.3 events this year. Jan Frodeno Olympic champion also enters bets for victory. Other athletes like Tin Don we will have to take them into account.

 

The young triathlete Albert Moreno part with options to enter the Top 10, which this year has already achieved the tenth place in the championship of Europa IRONMAN 70.3 comes from getting the second position in the Triathlon by Alpe D'Huez Last July. Ivan Raña finally will not participate in the test

 

 

In the female category, they start as favorites Melissa Hauschild World Champion the 2011 and 2013 with more than 20 wins in medium distance test, Meredith Kesser who has won several IRONMAN 70.3 tests this season, Heather Jackson, who got the fifth place in 2010, fourth in 2011, third in 2012, and second in 2013 this year wants to get the title in a world championship IRONMAN 70.3

 

It will also be necessary to take into account for the podium a Heather Wurtele, Daniela Ryf, Helle Frederiksen, Catriona Morrison o Camila Pedersen among others.

 

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