Javier Gómez Noya "if I already felt capable at 37, I will also be capable at 38"

Today the 123rd Ambassadors of Banco Santander Javier Gómez Noya y Carolina Marín They spoke online about their sporting desires in the start of de-escalation after confinement by Covid-19

Happy for returning to train more effectively, the two 123rd Ambassadors of Banco Santander They related their experiences and talked about their next challenges.

"My plans have already changed radically, not only because of the postponement of the Olympic Games."

With the Tokyo Olympic Games already on the horizon, Javier Gómez Noya explained how “my plans have already changed radically, not only because of the postponement of the Olympic Games.

It was also necessary to have competed in Bermuda, in Japan, ... and the training sessions all had to be modified.

If it hurts us that the Games are in 2021?

It is clear that those of us who are already of an age do not benefit too much. But if I felt capable at 37 I will also be at 38. So I hope to be just as competitive”.

Noya did not want to speculate on the need for a vaccine to be found to participate with guarantees in Tokyo 2021 because “that is a question for experts and not for athletes.

I am in favor of competing as long as it can be done under normal conditions and without any risk.

If that implies that there has to be a vaccine, then there will have to be one. We only hope that next year the conditions will be better”.

Gómez Noya, from roller to bicycle and the surreal experience of the inflatable pool

After training outdoors, the world triathlon champion evaluated the possibility that "at the national level you can compete in the last quarter.

I know that the International Federation is also evaluating it but there are not too many guarantees at the moment either”.

He has already abandoned the roller and "the truth is that the first day you go out you feel very strange."

It seemed as if I was going to fall on top of the bike after so many months on the roller and on roads that I had always ridden on, the truth is that I paid more attention and enjoyed the landscape more”.

Luckily, he assured, “I have not had any problems when I have gone out to train, nor have the police stopped me, nor has anyone told me anything. They know me in town."

It is the last thing I could have imagined I would use. To train swimming I got a plastic children's pool, but I have to say it has been effective.

Tied by the feet by a rubber band, at least I was able to do the stroke”. In any case, “the entire preparation had to be reconsidered. He also did not make sense to train excessively ”and” percentage of form does not hurt anything. The physical capacity is the same.

What is lost is the skill.” Regarding the rumor of the possible cancellation of Kona, Gómez Noya indicated that "if so, I would focus on the Olympic Games", although "it is possible that the rest of my sports career will be dedicated to long distance.

But I don't think too much now either. I am focused on the Games because I think I may have options”.

I think in a couple of months I can be at my level

Javier Gómez Noya who assured "I think that in a couple of months I will be able to be at my level to compete although there is no need to be in a hurry".

Both athletes did rule out having to wear a mask to compete if necessary. “Maybe it can be viable when it comes to training, but I hope it doesn't get to this situation, I don't know what can block you.

What are now your dreams and illusions in sports?

For Javier Gómez Noya, "it is clear that in the short term we do not have objectives, but we must maintain our enthusiasm and continue planning."