Victoria of Francesc Sola in London
Francesc Sola has once again given us joy by winning last weekend in the Dextro ITU World Championship that was held in the city of London, in category TRI1 paratriathlon.
Here you have the first-hand chronicle of our champion:
"We repeated our victory in the World Championship Series in London. This past Sunday we raced in the well-known Hyde Park in London, where the elite men's and women's race of the World Series was also held, including the Spaniards Raña, Gomez, Mola, Murua, Rodriguez and Damlaimcourt, both spectacular races where the Spaniards showed that they are still there at the top of their game."
The day of the race arrives, we go to the athletes' area where they gave us our bibs and we finish putting everything ready, the drink on the bike, the Mulebar gels well placed on the fork so as not to waste a second checking the HED wheels and leaving everything ready for battle.
More than an hour before they made us leave that area to go to the transition but we still had a long time left and it started to rain so we spent more than an hour in the rain with some wind and being cold until an hour before we decided put on the Zoot wetsuit because I couldn't hold it any longer.
We finally entered the transition and it was still raining, after leaving everything ready I started to warm up because with the humidity, the wind and the cold it was a little complicated and the good thing was when entering the water that the temperature was higher than outside so It was comfortable.
They started and I set a strong swimming pace, I felt very comfortable, the Zoot Prophet wetsuit is really wonderful and it helped me a lot to swim very fast and super comfortable, I realized that I left behind those in my category and more people When I passed the first buoys I realized that I was quite alone but I didn't know if there were many people ahead when when I got out of the water I found out that I was second overall and leaving 1.05' behind second place, I quickly took off my wetsuit, helmet, Mulebar and running, the first bike laps were fast and I gained a little advantage although the last two were easier to recover a little and get off to run comfortably with a good difference.
As I got into the athletic chair, I realized that the hoops weren't providing traction because of the rain. I got quite nervous and tried to stay calm and finish the race, not give up. I didn't want to think that anyone would overtake me, and that's exactly what happened. After glancing back a few times to make sure I was doing well, I crossed the finish line first with a time of 1:14:09 in a race that was anything but easy due to the rain and the nerves I'd experienced in the weeks leading up to it, because I didn't know if I was even going to be able to run.
