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(UPDATED) Filipino triathletes bucked exhaustion to add two silver medals and a bronze to their haul from the 2025 Southeast Asian Games on Friday at the Leam Mae Phim Beach in Rayong.With the competitions in Thailand drawing to a close, Kira Ellis and Kim Remolino finished second in the women&#x27;s and men&#x27;s individual races, respectively, while Fernando Casares placed third in the men&#x27;s event.&quot;Talagang it&#x27;s a challenge just to go to the starting line,&quot; said Remolino, who competed in the mixed team relay with Ellis and Casares on Wednesday, where they won gold.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/12/17/seag-ph-men-s-and-women-s-teams-win-triathlon-golds-1241">READ: PH athletes complete sweep of triathlon golds</a></div>&quot;We were hoping na sana we can have a great fight talaga. That&#x27;s what we were expecting today, na kung hindi man mag-medal, to have a really great fight and to put ourselves in a winning position,&quot; he added.Ellis crossed the finish line with a time of 1:01:02.80, just behind Indonesia&#x27;s Martina Ayu Pratiwi (1:00:11.22). The Filipina led after the swim leg but was overtaken by Pratiwi in the bike leg.Meanwhile, Remolino clocked 55.02.73 for silver, followed by Casares at 56:56.34.Another Indonesian, Rashif Amila Yaqin, took gold with a time of 54:36.84.&quot;I was really happy na I got a silver. Even though hindi siya gold for today, but it&#x27;s a really great thing for me na I still got the silver even with all the challenges,&quot; said Remolino. Remolino came out of the water in sixth place, but shaved off the gap, submitting the second-best and third best-time in the bike and run respectively. He clocked 55:02.73, with Rashif Amila Yaqin of Indonesia taking the gold with 54:36.84.Casares, on the other hand, came all the way from eighth after the swim, thanks to his well-known strengths in the bike and run.<div> </div><div>ILLNESS MARS CAMPAIGN</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1766156493155WhatsApp Image 2025-12-19 at 1.34.24 PM.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipino triathletes Kira Ellis, Kim Remolino and Fer Casares at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. POC Media" width="960"/>Filipino triathletes Kira Ellis, Kim Remolino and Fer Casares at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. POC Media</div>Cases of food poisoning marred the Philippines&#x27; campaign. Ellis had to compete by her lonesome in the women&#x27;s individual event, after Raven Alcoseba was admitted to a hospital due to the illness.Ellis was admittedly not at 100% as well, having stayed overnight at a local hospital following their gold medal performance in the women&#x27;s team relay and mixed team relay last Wednesday.The Philippine Olympic Committee has already been informed of the matter by the Triathlon Association of the Philippines.&quot;It was a crazy lead-up to the individual,&quot; Ellis lamented. &quot;I got food poisoning after the triathlon relays, and I was in the hospital that night. We were kinda resting the day before this to try and get better. I had a day to rest because my teammate Raven, she got it last night which was unfortunate because she really should be here more than me.&quot;She is our strongest athlete,&quot; said Ellis of Alcoseba. &quot;If she was here, I think things would have been a lot different. I&#x27;m really heartbroken that we couldn&#x27;t race together because I know how hard she works and we could do it together.&quot;Considering the circumstances, Ellis still performed a great race.Ellis was in a three-woman lead group in the bike leg and was the first to arrive at the bike-to-run transition. She, however, encountered problems in racking her bike, leading to Pratiwi passing her, and Ellis being slapped with a 10-second penalty during that transition, losing more precious time.&quot;I&#x27;m happy I just got to the start line, and did my best for the Philippines,&quot; said Ellis.In all, the triathlon team wound up with three golds, two silvers, and one bronze. It also produced two silvers and one bronze in aquathlon and one silver in duathlon.

Filipino triathletes bucked exhaustion to add two silver medals and a bronze to their haul from the #2025SEAGames on Friday at the Leam Mae Phim Beach in Rayong.

Filipino triathletes bucked exhaustion to add two silver medals and a bronze to their haul from the #2025SEAGames on Friday at the Leam Mae Phim Beach in Rayong.

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SEAG: Pinoy triathletes add 2 silvers, 1 bronze in individual races

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Dec 19, 2025 02:22 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 19, 2025 11:01 PM PHT

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