LA FETRI claims against the ITU for the incident with Javier Gómez Noya

The Spanish Triathlon Federation, once viewing the graphic material it has about the Men's Elite event of the European Triathlon Championship in Pontevedra and, despite the fact that the athlete Javier Gómez Noya renounces making any claim, the FETRI has decided to before the ITU to make a report of the incident that occurred in the swimming segment during the event, between Harry Wiltshire and Javier Gómez Noya, officially requesting the suspension of the athlete Harry Wiltshire who maintained an attitude in the swimming segment, in our opinion unsportsmanlike and repetitive to the detriment of the triathlete Javier Gómez Noya, committing said infraction.

In a situation like this, the Federation considers that they must be studied and addressed in an exemplary way. In the words of the President of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, José Hidalgo, “we are not supporters of this type of actions, but once we have seen the images, we consider that we must defend our athletes from this type of actions.”

The athlete subsequently retired in the cycling sector without completing the test and was subsequently disqualified due to the attitude observed by the judges in the swimming sector.

Source: FETRI