{"id":11824,"date":"2025-08-22T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtful-bronze-chihuahua.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/kira-ellis-sprints-to-gold-at-2025-asia-triathlon-junior-cup-for-team-philippines\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:29:24","slug":"kira-ellis-sprints-to-gold-at-2025-asia-triathlon-junior-cup-for-team-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/?p=11824","title":{"rendered":"Kira Ellis Strikes Gold In Asia Triathlon Junior Cup In Riga, Latvia"},"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>Gold looks good on her \u2014 but what really shines is the grit, grace, and heart behind the finish line. Kira Ellis, take a bow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[936],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11824","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":[{"667":"go philippines \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded\r","668":"proud kabataan \ud83d\udcaa\r","669":"inspiring sa youth \u2728\r","670":"super galing mo kira!! \ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f\r","671":"laban pinas\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecityslick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}