Elite presser ahead of #WTSCozumel

One final press conference before one final World Triathlon Series race. Ahead of this weekend’s elites races where one man and one woman will be crowned the ITU World Champion, contenders Flora Duffy (BER), Gwen Jorgensen (USA), Claudia Rivas (MEX), Mario Mola (ESP), Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) and Crisanto Grajales (MEX) spent the afternoon on Thursday talking to media and talking about their thoughts going into the competitions.

Duffy How does it feel to be the leader of the Columbia Threadneedle Rankings and what can you expect on Saturday.“This season kind of blew my expectations out of the water. I did not expect to be leading the Series coming into the Grand Final, but I have the fortunate position of having the reigning Olympic Champion right behind me. I think it will be a really hard race on Saturday, these conditions are not easy to race in, it is a really big year, everyone is coming off the Olympics, so I think everyone is in different states. But I am going to give it my all on Saturday to try to obviously win the Series, that would be huge for Bermuda and huge for me. It is going to be a really tough battle out there, I know Gwen obviously also wants to win, but either way it has been a great season for me so I can’t complain.”

Jorgensen What does it mean to be here in Cozumel and racing with great athletes to cap off your year after winning the Olympics?“I am really excited to be here. I think I have been pretty vocal about wanting to …

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