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
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
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
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
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
She runs for more than medals. She runs for family, for country, for the little girl who once believed this moment was possible. Kira Ellis, 18, and already golden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4708","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":[{"640":"discipline and dedication \ud83d\udc4c\r","641":"angat pinoy triathlete \ud83c\udfca\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83d\udeb4\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\r","642":"you inspire the nation \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded\r","643":"hardwork is success \ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\udd25 keep it up kira \ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded\r","644":"pinoy power"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}