Philippine wager Kira Ellis dazzled on the 2025 Europe Triathlon Junior Cup over the weekend, outshining the 16-woman area to bag the gold medal on Saturday in Riga, Latvia.
The youthful nationwide crew mainstay stamped her class with a profitable time of 1:05:07, breezing via the swim in 12:04, powering the bike leg in 34:27, and capping it off with a 17:36 outing in run.
Luca Vanderbruggen of Belgium captured the silver with a detailed whole time of 1:05:17 whereas Germany’s Sarah Walter picked up the bronze with 1:05:22.
The match featured a lap of 750-m swimming, 4 laps of 22-km biking, and two laps of 5.1km working.
“A number of weeks earlier than Riga, my coaches and I had been nonetheless debating whether or not I used to be able to compete. I hadn’t actually achieved any interval periods—largely simply regular runs—so we weren’t certain the place my run would stand,” Ellis stated in an Instagram submit.
“However to me, simply getting on to a begin line once more was all I’ve wished for. Primarily based on my swim and bike coaching, I knew I had a shot on the podium, however I attempted to not put an excessive amount of stress on myself and simply get pleasure from racing once more.”
Again within the 2023 Southeast Asian Video games in Cambodia, Ellis together with Matthew Hermosa, Erica Burgos, and Inaki Lorbes ruled the aquathlon mixed team relay competition.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Built-in Information