{"id":491813,"date":"2025-11-19T07:39:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/menard-nominated-for-best-esports-athlete-at-the-game-awards-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:49:00","slug":"menard-nominated-for-best-esports-athlete-at-the-game-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/entertainment\/menard-nominated-for-best-esports-athlete-at-the-game-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;MenaRD&#8221; nominated for Best Esports Athlete at The Game Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo. &#8211; The <a href=\"http:\/\/bicampe\u00f3n mundial de Street Fighter\">two-time Street Fighter world champion<\/a>, Sa\u00fal Leonardo Mena, internationally known as &#8220;MenaRD&#8221;, continues to elevate the name of the Dominican Republic on the most important gaming stages. This time, the athlete was nominated for Best Esports Athlete at The Game Awards 2025, one of the most prestigious awards in global digital entertainment.\n\nThe Game Awards 2025 will be held on December 11, 2025. This nomination once again consolidates its position as one of the most influential players in the global competitive ecosystem.\n\nIn the Best Esports Athlete category, MenaRD \u2014representing Street Fighter\u2014 competes alongside some of the most dominant athletes in their respective disciplines:\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/maduro-pide-serenidad-absoluta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maduro calls for &#8220;absolute serenity&#8221; despite attempts at threats from the United States<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nMenaRD (Street Fighter)\n\nBrawk (VALORANT)\n\nf0rsakeN (VALORANT)\n\nChovy (League of Legends)\n\nKakeru (Street Fighter)\n\nZyw0o (Counter-Strike 2)\n\nThe nomination comes after an exceptional year, where MenaRD once again demonstrated his dominance within Street Fighter 6 and his ability to stay among the best in the world.\n\nThe presence of MenaRD in this category represents a historic achievement for the Dominican Republic, reaffirming the potential of Caribbean athletes within the global esports ecosystem. His career continues to demonstrate that Dominican talent can excel in the most demanding leagues on the planet, solidifying his legacy as one of the most important athletes in the history of Latin American electronic sports.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. &#8211; The two-time Street Fighter world champion, Sa\u00fal Leonardo Mena, internationally known as &#8220;MenaRD&#8221;, continues to elevate the name of the Dominican Republic on the most important gaming stages. This time, the athlete was nominated for Best Esports Athlete at The Game Awards 2025, one of the most prestigious awards in global digital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133537,"featured_media":491815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[42708,33910,40388,42732],"class_list":["post-491813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards","tag-esports","tag-game","tag-mena"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-23Wt","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-19-at-7.40.20-AM-1.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Paola Castillo","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-paola-castillo-f-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Entertainment"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-19-at-7.40.20-AM-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}