{"id":754515,"date":"2026-08-30T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754515\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:36:21","slug":"how-stoke-on-trent-teen-became-three-time-fitness-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754515\/","title":{"rendered":"How Stoke-on-Trent teen became three-time fitness world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In July, 16-year-old Keira McManus became the first female athlete in CrossFit history to win three teenage world championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She beat 19 other competitors in the age 16-17 category at the 2026 CrossFit Games in California &#8211; her third victory in a row after winning the age 14-15 title twice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m quite proud of myself because of all the training that went into it, and I&#8217;ve had such a busy year of competing,&#8221; said the Stoke-on-Trent teenager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To end the season with a win, it&#8217;s just incredible and I&#8217;m really happy with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">CrossFit is a high-intensity form of training, combining disciplines like weightlifting, compound exercises, gymnastics and running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During competitions, athletes take part in a series of scored challenges, with winners at the annual CrossFit Games earning the title &#8220;fittest on earth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Keira&#8217;s success was no surprise &#8211; along with her hard work and dedication, fitness very much runs in the family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It has always been a part of my life because we own a family gym,&#8221; Keira said, &#8220;so I grew up around it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That gym is Combat Fitness Stoke, based in Hanley, which is owned by Keira&#8217;s parents Joel and Lisa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In July, 16-year-old Keira McManus became the first female athlete in CrossFit history to win three teenage world&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-754515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}