Nicht wie erhofft lief es für Tony Dodds bei den U23-Weltmeisterschaften am vergangenen Wochenende in Budapest. Am Ende kam er auf einen 26. Platz. Hier ist sein Bericht:
“Started off the day felt good, took the swim out comfortably and came out
2nd of the water, from there we had a little group but nothing that was
going to get away today, throughout the bike the biggest task was to keep
alert of everything going on and keep near the front as it was a very dodgy
course and wet! And i did that as well, so everything was going as i had
planned, was a bit lithargic throughout the bike but this was the day to
fire!
So going into transition i went through my head that i needed to be near the
front….and that i did, i came out of transition 3rd and took the first 1km
out quite solid just how i imagined it. Little Brownlee was already up the
road who was hard to chase, so i was sitting in 2nd place until about 3km
and then it all fell apart, it just wasn’t my day….i felt stiff and just
not as relaxed as i would like, and from there it went downhill, don’t know
where i finished up but was way back after that.
Looking back now i was wanting to give myself a chance of a podium and
winning even if it meant it hurt, and i did exactly that, but just didn’t
feel good on the run! So i think mentally it was either all or nothing for
me and i did what i had to keep myself there. Now to Ryan Sissons the little
beauty who took out 2nd place! very well raced by him, he stuck in there and
stuck in the group then managed to sprint to take out silver for NZ!
He had his day today and a very good time to have it!”
