Rubén Ruzafa and Laura Gómez, for all in the Cros Pontevedra Triathlon World Championship 2019

Rubén Ruzafa, Cros Triathlon World Champion in title, and Laura Gomez, silver medal in the European Championship of 2018 played in Ibiza, lead the Spanish aspirations in the Cros Triathlon World that will take place tomorrow Tuesday 30 in Pontevedra, being the second competition of the program of the World Multisport Pontevedra 2019.

The representatives of the Spanish Triathlon Federation in the elite start list went through the press room of the Galician Sports Technification Center together with the Australian Leela Hancox to comment on their feelings prior to the race, which will start at the 15: 30 h. as for the elite tests.

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 Rubén Ruzafa will try to revalidate his world title and add one more gold to a long list of winners. Consider that "it is not easy to be World Champion year after year"And also feels that it does not arrive"in the best conditions due to a hand injury. Recovery has been forced a bit to be in Pontevedra, in a World Cup in Spain, I'm excited to compete here and give everything, although there is a bit of mystery to see how I am and how are the rivals when competing".

 The female reference among the athletes of Spain, after her performance in Ibiza last October, will be Laura Gómez. The runner-up of Europe arrives at the World Cup in Pontevedra "with much desire, hoping to compete well, have fun and enjoy. Since I got the silver medal in Ibiza this has been the main objective and we will have to give everything. " Durán considers that he plays in his favor "swimming, and that the technical and pretty hard bike circuit".

 Along with Laura Gómez and Rubén Ruzafa, the Australian Leela Hancox, one of the international favorites to the privileged positions, appeared before the press, declaring she felt "very excited. Pontevedra is a great place to play a World Championship, so you have to give everything and finish with a smile on the finish line. " The bicycle will be the strong point of the athlete from Australia, concerned about "the temperature of the water" since she is accustomed to swimming in better conditions of temperature. For its part will try to "take advantage of the cycling circuit and get a good position to defend after the race on foot".

 Rubén Ruzafa points as the main rivals to athletes from the United States, Costa Rica or France, especially the French, to whom the circuit is very good ". The World Champion considers that "he is going to swim in a little cold water, to see if we do not end up leaving something blocked" and then there will be "a demanding cyclist segment and a very fast final race that will benefit the people who are used to the international tests, in which much is run ".

His goal is "to lose the minimum in swimming and get the most out of a bike. The main key is going to be how close the group that comes from behind when we get to the final foot race. "

 Laura Gomez have "better and worse memories of Pontevedra, one of the good ones having been champion of Spain in lower categories". She has also gone through a stage "of a great emotional change in the last year, working a lot with the psychologist" and is "very well and strong and confident.

There is a good team of rivals and each segment is going to be important, both water and the bike, it will have to be very hard in cycling and if last winter's training is now sure that a good role can be played ", concluded the runner-up of Europe.

 Text: Spanish Triathlon Federation