Norwegian Gustav Iden, who won the Ironman World Championship at Kona two years ago and has been working especially hard this year to get back to his old level after injury and a difficult period in private life, does not expect to win the Ironman World Championship again. He told that during the pro press conference.
When asked if he can win tonight, his answer was as realistic as it was funny. “Not this year and if I win, that would be almost disappointing in one way, because I have not been training as good and as like high quality as I’ve done before. So, if I win this year, that would just mean that I’m a talent, you know. That I don’t need to train that good to win and to figure out that when you’re 28 old, it wasn’t the training and it wasn’t really what you did that make you win, but that you was just born as a talent. That would be extremely disappointing. So, hopefully I will do good tonight, but not much better than my trainings are telling me.”
