Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan capped off the Philippine team’s campaign in the Tokyo Paralympics after finishing eighth and last in the men’s 100-meter T52 event.
Mangliwan timed 20.08 seconds behind eventual gold medalist Raymond Martine of the United States, who clocked 16.99sec.
Japan’s Yuki Oya (17.17sec) and Mexico’s Leonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez (17.44sec) settled for silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Aside from this event, Mangliwan also competed in the men’s 1500m T52 where he finished sixth. He was disqualified in the men’s 400m T52 final for lane infringement despite timing a personal best.
The Philippine delegation will be going home without a medal with only three of its six qualified athletes competing after the other three athletes tested positive for COVID-19.
Only Mangliwan and para swimmers Gary Bejino and Ernie Gawilan saw action in the quadrennial meet after para powerlifter Achele Guion, para discus thrower Jeanette Aceveda and para taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin were ruled out of their competitions.