Javier Gómez Noya on the possible reduction of the triathlon in Tokyo "It would be a botch to change the format of the test the day before the test"

"It would be a fudge to change the test format the day before the test”That commented Javier Gómez Noya in an interview with brand diary.

The Tokyo Olympics will be held in July, if everything runs its course, and with as extreme weather conditions.

There is a possibility that the heat reduces the test to sprint distance or even duathlon No swimming segment

To this Noya commented: “It would be a fudge to change the test format the day before the test, the Olympic Games don't deserve that"

"Perhaps the most sensible thing would have been to change the venue competition"

30 degrees of temperature and high humidity are expected in the test.

Noya commented in this regard that "perhaps the most sensible thing would have been to change the venue competition" as with the marathon and march tests that will be moved to Sapporo

If you think you can win is what you have to do

In the interview, he was asked if he signed the bronze in the test, to which Javi clearly replied:

"If I sign the bronze? No, I do not sign anything. If you think you can win it is what you have to do. I already have a silver and today I will not give up gold",

He doesn't think about team tactics

In the test Spain has medal options for both Javi and Mario Mola, 3 times world champion, as for Fernando Alarza.

The Galician does not think about team tactics. “Each one of us has different characteristics and we benefit from a different test development but even so, in the case of wanting to help us, only three people cannot control a test like this".

Resigned to the Nike Vaporfly

 Vincent Luis, world champion in 2019 and Mario Mola already use the Nike Vaporfly models that help the athlete's reactivity in each step.

The arrival of the 'magic' shoes with a carbon plate to the competition did not go unnoticed by Gómez Noya. He doesn't openly recognize it but he doesn't like it.

"They may help some runners more than others just like polyurethane swimsuits in 2009“He points out with some resignation.

"It seems like this is what is worn now but I trust my sponsor to provide me with a perfectly competitive shoe to run on a level playing field“, he confidently confesses.

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