Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan advanced to the medal round of the men’s 400 meters T52 event Friday in the Tokyo Paralympics.
Mangliwan finished seventh in the morning heats by clocking 1 minute and 3.41 seconds behind top qualifier Tomoki Sato of Japan (57.33 seconds).
The two-time medalist in the 2018 Asian Para Games finished fourth in his heat group but managed to earn a finals berth after posting one of the two next fastest times in the combined two heats.
Also advancing were United States’ Raymond Martin (57.70sec) and Gianfranco Iannota (1:00.98), Japan’s Hirokazu Ueyonabaru (1:01.05), American Isaiah Rigo (1:01.75), Mexico’s Leonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez (1:02.92), and Austria’s Thomas Geierspichler (1:04.22).
Finals will be Friday night.
Mangliwan, who is also the country’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony, will also compete in the men’s 1500m T2 on Saturday and men’s 100m T52 on Sept. 2.