At the newly opened Marabans Coffee Shop in Palma, last Friday 22nd March, Mario Mola gave a press conference to announce his renewal with Marabans Coffee & Tea and to tell his impressions after the first race of the WTS2019 in Abu Dhabi.

Below is an excerpt of part of the interview with Mario Mola at Marabans Coffee Shop.

Interviewer: It's a pleasure to be able to share this afternoon with one of the best athletes, not only in Spain, but in the world! Mario Mola, three-time world triathlon champion.

First of all, on behalf of the Marabans Team, we would like to congratulate you on this triumph, your great debut in the first competition of the world series, your great victory in Abu Dhabi. It is an excellent result to achieve the great goal of the year, which is to revalidate the title of world champion. Congratulations on such a good start!

We are proud that Mario is here to inaugurate Marabans Coffe & Tea Shop and to be the ambassador of Marabans Coffee & Tea for another year.

Mario Mola: Thank you very much! The result certainly couldn't be better, but it's only the beginning. As I said even before the race in Abu Dhabi, my goal is to reach the Grand Final with a chance of challenging for the world title.

E: We know that there are many benefits of caffeine associated with sport. Did you expect to feel so good in this first competition?

M: The first race of the year is always an unknown, you don't have clear references of how the rivals are, they are a bit lacking in competition rhythm, etc.  I've been training well throughout the winter, I'm happy with how everything went, except for the second transition that forced me to come back in the run. This great result comforts me to know that the work done during the preseason is the right one, although as I said at the beginning, this is just the beginning and the World Championships is very long.

E: You have a balanced and controlled diet, in Marabans we know that you are a coffee lover, a Coffee Lover. How does drinking a good coffee influence you when competing?

M: Coffee helps me both in competition and in training, I am unable to start the day without the dose of caffeine that coffee provides. Apart from the nutritional characteristics of coffee itself, I'm a coffee lover, it's a hobby, the more I learn about it, the more I get hooked on everything there is around coffee.

E: Espresso, latte, cappuccino... what is your favourite coffee?

M: All of them, each one has its own moment, but if I had to choose one, it would probably be the cortado.

E: Would you dare to make us one after the press conference?

M: Of course I would!  That's what we've come to.... Haha, but I'm just an amateur, eh!

E: We know that you are constantly travelling around the world, how do you cope with these changes in timetables, climate, customs... does it affect your performance when it comes to training or competing?

M: Sometimes it is not easy to be away from home, but I enjoy it because I am aware that this is a stage of my life that will not last forever. The fact that my partner does the same as me makes it more bearable. In terms of performance, it's true that most of us arrive at the competitions in the same condition in terms of travel fatigue, I try to focus on my own routines to recover from the changes in schedule and be at 100% on the day of the competition.

E: En nombre del Marabans Team, agradecemos una vez más  que hayas dedicado esta tarde a estar con nosotros en la nueva Marabans Coffee Shop.

Mario, ¿te animas a hacer un café?

A continuación compartimos una de las entrevistas que le hicieron a Mario Mola durante la rueda de prensa en Marabans Coffee Shop

Entrevista de IB3 Televisión a Mario Mola en Marabans Coffee Shop