Mario Mola "Sharing a podium in Tokyo with Gómez Noya or Fernando Alarza would be the best"

The Spanish triathlete Mario Mola starred in the third Instagram Live of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, after those of Javier Gómez Noya and Miriam Casillas, in which he reviewed his beginnings in his sport of which he is three-time champion, confessed his passion for coffee and explained that his dream is the Olympic medal, among many other things.

Feeling like training again after the coronavirus capsized

The Spaniard explained how he has experienced the coronavirus problem and recounted how his life has changed after "being able to compete in the National Cross Country, and then everything happened very quickly and having to run to join the training group changing flights, something that in question of days, what started as an illusion ended in a fiasco. Luckily I ended up in Banyoles with Carol”.

He details that "now it is time to gradually resume training to return to the new normality as soon as possible" and points out that "my hope is to compete again in 2020".

Mola began studying as an Engineer and ended up in Business and admits to being a fan of golf and table tennis, as well as sports associated with triathlon, and reveals that "at the moment I am not considering starting courses to be a coach".

"Not winning a medal in Rio 2016 has made me hungrier"

The three-time champion confesses that “in the Olympic Games. At Rio 2016 the objective was to fight for the medals, but sometimes it is not enough just to arrive in the best moment of form. He is clear that "that medal was not everything but the process lived up to there and it has made me more hungry to face a new cycle."

On the podium of the Olympic Games. from Tokyo with Spanish would be the maximum

As for the Spanish triathlon in the Olympic Games. from Tokyo, he pointed out that "sharing a podium with Gómez Noya or Alarza would be the best, that is my wish, it would be beyond that of the colleagues I work with."

 Asked about the big rivals to take into account in the next Games, Mola did not hesitate to point to Alistair (Brownlee) and affirmed that “we have never ruled him out nor can he be ruled out. He will continue to be a candidate for a medal and it can affect your career and you have to take that into account ”.

The good taste in the mouth for the runner-up of 2019 and the cycle to Tokyo

Regarding what he experienced in 2019, where he achieved second place in the world after three world titles in a row, Mola revealed that "I went from having no aspiration to fight for the title to winning silver behind Vincent Luis."

"I would like to compete in Spain"

The Spaniard explained what it means to compete in Spain and pointed out that "I value the ProTour very positively and what was achieved in Pontevedra was good, and enjoying again with the people who follow you the most and appreciate you is what most encourages you to continue squeezing yourself". .

He is clear that “sharing the starting line in Spain with Gómez Noya or Raña and your people following you is the best.

And he pointed out that "of course I would like to compete in the Spanish championship, today it is the most viable."