18 WORLD TRIATHLON 2017 I WORLD TRIATHLON SERIES
In the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series season opener
in Abu Dhabi, Spaniard Javier Gomez Noya returned to
competition with his 13th career WTS win after almost
a year break from the Series. The five-time ITU World
Champion debuted stronger than ever, celebrating his
50th WTS race with the fastest time of the day.
"It was great to come back that way. I still had a few
mistakes in the race, I did not swim very well and had a
bad T2. But I knew that is was going to be a very tough
run, and with Tom Bishop it was very technical. On the
third lap we slowed down a lot, just trying to save energy
for the last lap and I made my move with about three
kilometres to go and I won, so it worked well. So, I was
very happy to be back this way," said Gomez.
Great Britain's Tom Bishop claimed the silver medal, his
first WTS medal of his career and becoming the sixth
man in Great Britain's history to ever do so. The bronze
went to France's Vincent Luis, who made a comeback
appearance after not having raced the WTS circuit for
nearly 15 months.
JAVIER GOMEZ NOYA BEGINS
2017 WITH ASSURED WIN
SPANIARD MARKS 50TH WTS RACE IN PODIUM-
TOPPING STYLE
