Gene Heart Quiambao competes for the Philippine national triathlon team. A national duathlon champion and two-time Triathlete of the Year winner, she has represented the Philippines at the Asian Sprint Championships Sejong, Asian Championships Kazakhstan, and the Asian Cup Aqaba Jordan. The Olympics is her goal and dream.

“What I like best about triathlon is that you can’t expect to win if you just show up every week. It’s about every single day leading up to the big event. Where you train, how you train, how well you recover, what you eat, and how you mentally prepare for what your body will be required to do… This, to me, is what it means to be alive.”