Gómez Noya "I complied, I did my job"
The way to face two triathlons in less than 24 hours is 'with effort, with professionalism. He wanted to be here in Vigo and yesterday he had an unavoidable commitment in France.
These efforts are increasingly costing more. But I gave up here, I did my job.' Because Javier Gómez Noya knows that competing is his job and he dedicates himself to it. And, by the way, he has parallel joys like 'the second and third were my team, a great day for Fluvial'.
Obviously, the Ferrolano recognizes that 'it was not fresh. It was difficult for me to enter the test. Later, in the foot race, both Jesús and I did a good job of relaying. In the end I took the victory but the Fluvial took the three places on the podium. I don't know if it's historical but it is very important. A few years ago it was unthinkable that a Galician team would be at the top of the podium.'
The only small shadow yesterday was the final penalty 'for placing the bike in a way that the judges didn't like. At the international level there are some rules, you arrive here and there are others... What I am not going to do is study the regulations all day. There are nonsense, rules that you don't understand well and then there are blows and things in the water that are not penalized. But hey, that's not my job, my job is to run and for next time I know how to leave the bike.'
The fact of facing two events in such a row is not new for Gómez Noya: 'I even did six in a row on the Iron Tour in 2005 or 2006. It was difficult and I arrived quite tired. It's not an excuse. I have to compete and that's what I did.'
Finally, the man from Ferrol wanted to thank the admired Vigo fans for their support and recalled that 'the first time I competed in Vigo in '98 was one of my first triathlons, I don't know if it was the second or the third, and the route was very similar. also. It's nice, anything that involves competing in Galicia is always a source of pride.'
Now, he has some 'commitment' left in the US, but he will not go to the Gijón Duathlon World Cup: 'You have to know how to listen to your body'.
Source: atlantico.net
