Gómez Noya works her weak point

Javier Gómez Noya lives with his mind set on London, the place where in eight months he will try to achieve the Olympic glory that physical problems denied him in Beijing.

The Galician triathlete is carrying out a particularly thorough set-up that aims to refine even the smallest detail. It's hard to think that after so many years in the elite there are still issues to improve and that is what he is dedicating himself to at the moment.

The man from Ferrol has just concluded a three-week concentration at the Playitas sports complex in Fuerteventura, a period in which he has mainly dedicated his time to enhancing his swimming work.

Their coach, Omar González, is fully satisfied with this first phase of the Olympic season in a place where they feel especially comfortable: “We have fulfilled everything planned, about 40.000 meters each week, even swimming a double session some days. The company of Pedro Miguel Reig has been very important for Javi to express himself.

I am convinced that in the water Javi is in one of the best moments of his life and I hope he proves it by breaking his mark of 1.500 in the Galician championships.” Javier will compete in them from December 28 to 30 in Ferrol, in 200, 400, 800 and 1500 meters freestyle; The objective is to lower that mark of 15:42 in the distance equivalent to that of the Olympic triathlon.

To do this, the previous days he will do the typical specific set-up for the swimmers. In the segment that Gómez Noya dominates the least, he wants to be at the best level, largely to prevent him from encountering an unpleasant surprise at the first opportunity in London since the Brownlee, great rivals of the Galician, are exceptional swimmers.

In Fuerteventura the sessions of bike On foot, they have been at a fast pace, without forcing themselves, to accumulate kilometres. Some of the bike rides were with the professionals from Rabobank - a team based in Playitas - something that Gómez Noya has loved: “It has been a luxury to ride with them; although they have not gone hard, you learn from how they go in a group and use the gears. I have also gotten along very well with the Spaniards Luis León, Gárate and Barredo. They even came to see me at the pool in the afternoons and they have asked me a lot about the way triathletes train.”

Source: farodevigo.es