Gómez Noya: "I will not compete against Armstrong in triathlon"

The world and Olympic triathlon runner-up, Javier Gómez Noya, I assure yesterday that he does not think to compete against Lance Armstrong, someone who "cheated throughout his career"and whose place" right now is no longer professional sport ".

Gómez Noya joins other triathlon figures who have refused in recent days to participate in professional competitions with Armstrong if the American cyclist receives some kind of forgiveness for having recognized that he was doped and tries to return to the sport.

The controversy arose after the heptacampeón of the Tour de France confessed, in a televising interview, to have doped during its race like cyclist, a declarations to which it added his intention to return to professional triathlon.

The one who was silver in London and double champion of the world of triathlon has assured Efe that if the athlete of Texas wants to play sports for health, "let him do it". "But in professional competitions I will not compete against him," he added, before defending that "you have to have a strong hand against doping because it is taking away prizes from athletes and sponsors and we have to be decisive. "

The Galician sportsman has shown, on occasion, the admiration he felt for the figure of the cyclist: "When I was winning the Tours I followed him and I was excited with his deeds, but when you get older and you get information, the myth is falling until it falls completely", It has been recognized.

Gómez Noya is from the past 10 of January in a hotel in Tuineje (Fuerteventura), preparing for the next season that will begin in March with a race in the United States and then in April to attend the series of the triathlon world championship in New Zealand.

Source: ciclismo.as.com