In the recent Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, Adorna is one of the Filipino National Athletes that really shine brightest and give the highest honor and pride to the country as she ruled the Women's Triathlon event and delivered the first ever Gold Medal for the Philippines during the June 5-16 biennial regional sportsfest.
After a month of her victory, the 21-year old University of the Philippines Sports Science student humbly told to PTV Sports that she has more to learn and improve with her performance.
"For me kasi, I considered it as learning experience eh. So marami pa akong matututunan siguro along the way. Marami pa akong kailangang I-improve, marami pa akong kailangang palakasin so yun. I know naman na may mga taong maggagabay sakin para matutunan ko yung mga pagkukulang ko para makaabot ako sa mga goals namin." said Adorna.
Adorna is one of the national lady triathletes that has a huge chance to grab a slot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The other one is Seagames Silver Medalist Kim Mangrobang.
With this, Adorna revealed that she has no time to waste for she will join various International Triathlon Races for the next months to earn points that will give her ticket to participate in the Olympics... one of those is the 2015 ITU Triathlon World Cup in Tongyeong, South Korea in October.
"Madami po eh. We have the Tongyeong this October. We have to go to abroad po. Tapos we have to undergo training camps for like years and months. tapos we have to win Asian Cup, Continental Cup and World Cup to earn points for the 2020 Olympics. " said Adorna.
In the past Singapore games, Philippine Triathlon Team finished with 2-gold medals through the courtesy of Adorna for Women's and Nicko Huelgas for Men's side which was the great cause for the Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) to be officially included in the Priority Sports List of Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee.
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