Spanish triathletes chatter ahead of Rio Olympics

With only very few days to go before the Olympic action starts, most of the Spanish Triathlon team gathered at the Olympic Village in Rio to talk about their expectations for the race. The men will take the stage on August 18th, while the Women’s race is on the 20th.

Mario MolaPreparations for the Games “These last weeks went really well, I finished training in high altitude and then I did some training at sea level to be ready for Rio. Now it’s time to see if all the training was really perfect. I have to give everything I have and fight for those medals.”

About Gomez being out of the Games “Javi is not here, and that’s a pity. But we keep on working the same. Javi is so good, so brilliant, that he made us think that what he does is easy and we actually believed it, so we are doing it. We’ll try to do the best we can and then the race will decide.”

About his rivals “This is Olympics, and everyone is here to win a medal. We are 55 on the start line and we all really want to be on the podium. This is a one-day race and there were surprises in other Olympic races. We all know who the favorites are, but there sure can be surprises. The top elite triathletes will be closely watched during the race, and that could end up in ‘outsiders’ surprising all.”

About the strategy for the race “The bike is really demanding, and this one is going to be more a survival race than a strategy race.  I don’t think we’re going to see stratospheric running here. We all will have the same circuit, with the same ramps, waves, and …

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