{"id":8312,"date":"2025-08-22T16:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dexterous-brown-salamander.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/kira-ellis-sprints-to-gold-at-2025-asia-triathlon-junior-cup-for-team-philippines\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:33:15","slug":"kira-ellis-sprints-to-gold-at-2025-asia-triathlon-junior-cup-for-team-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/?p=8312","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Fast &#038; Fiercely Filipina: Kira Ellis Strikes Gold!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kira Ellis, a Filipina triathlete, dominates the Junior Women\u2019s sprint event with a time of 1:05:07 and helps Team Philippines secure victory in the mixed relay alongside Matthew Justine Hermosa, Samantha Corpuz, and Dayshaun Ramos. <\/p>\n<p>At just 18 years old, Ellis is emerging as a key figure in Philippine triathlon, drawing attention for her potential on the international stage\u2014including being considered a strong contender for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis gained international racing experience by competing in the 2024 Europe Triathlon Junior Cup in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary, where she finished 16th out of 30 competitors in the Junior Women category. <\/p>\n<p>Her recent run of success showed improvement following a five-week training camp in Portugal under the guidance of coach Sergio Santos, a development supported by the Philippine Sports Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis\u2019 drive, discipline, and dedication reflect the bright future of Philippine sports, and as she continues to train, compete, and conquer, the nation watches with pride and anticipation.<\/p>\n<h6><credit>H\/T: Turismo Central Luzon<\/credit><\/h6>\n<h6><credit>Photo Credit: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kiracellis\/<\/credit><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another gold for the Philippines! Kira Ellis keeps making us proud and pushing herself to new heights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-great-filipino-story"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"","author_name":"PAGEONE Online Network"},"_pageone_source":"","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"429":"proud kabataan \ud83d\udcaa\r","430":"portugal training effective \ud83c\udf0d\r","431":"very good result \ud83e\udd73\r","432":"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\r","433":"olympics\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefthemomma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}