With the 2019 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification Event getting underway on Thursday August 15th, the athletes including Flora Duffy are descending on Tokyo from training camps across Japan and around the world.
Duffy said, “I’m just happy to be here - for a long time I didn’t think I’d be back racing this year and even six weeks ago it was touch and go but luckily things turned a corner.”
Duffy continued, “There’s no pressure on me so I just want to get my feet wet, get back racing, finish, experience the course and check everything out in preparation for next year.”
“It takes a long time to get back to fitness and I’m not sure where my form is at. I’ve been training okay but I don’t know how the race will go and that’s fine, it’s kind of exciting,” Duffy went on to say.
“I’m number 55 on the start so I’m working my way back up and enjoying it, It’s about checking out how the swim is, the exits and entries, corners, the bike course and how I’ll race it, seeing how far I can push it,” continued Duffy.
Duffy concluded, “I think my body will handle the conditions well - this is kind of like Bermuda although the humidity is something different.”
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