Mangliwan wraps up Paralympics campaign, finishes last in men’s 100m-T52 heats


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  • Para wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan settled for sixth place in the men’s 100-meter T52 event to wrap up his 2024 Paris Paralympics campaign on Friday, Sept. 6, in Stade de France.


Para wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan settled for sixth place in the men’s 100-meter T52 event to wrap up his 2024 Paris Paralympics campaign on Friday, Sept. 6, in Stade de France.

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Para wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan (Screengrab from Paralympic Games)

Mangliwan, 44, crossed the line in 19.44 seconds but it was not enough to advance to the finals.

Japan’s Tomoki Sato led the qualifiers with 17.20sec while Canada’s Anthony Bouchard (17.43sec) and Mexico’s Salvador Hernandez Mondragon (17.45sec) landed second and third places, respectively.

Another Japanese bet Tomoya Ito (17.58sec) also booked his finals ticket, as well as world-record holder and 400m-T52 champion Maxime Carabin of Belgium with a personal-best 16.21sec, Great Britain’s Marcus Daley (16.87sec), Mexican Leonardo Juarez (17.57sec) and Tatsuya Ito (17.76sec).

That marked the final appearance for the pride of Tabuk, Kalinga after also competing in his pet event a few days back – the men’s 400m T52 where he made it to the final round but finished last in the round.

Mangliwan joins para archer Agustina Bantiloc, para swimmer Ernie Gawilan, and para taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin, who have also ended their respective bids.

Meanwhile, para swimmer Angel Otom competes alongside her idol Lu Dong of China into the women's 50m butterfly-S5 heats for a final shot at glory later Friday, Sept. 6, at Paris La Defense Arena.

Para javelin thrower Cendy Asusano, for her part, sees action in the women’s javelin throw-F54 on Saturday, Sept. 7.

Medal of any color remains elusive for Team PH, which last won a medal in the 2016 Rio courtesy of a bronze from the late table tennis great Josephine Medina.

USA remained on top with 126 medals off 40 golds, 44 silvers, and 42 bronzes followed by China (40-27-24), Japan (20-12-13), Australia (18-19-16), host France (16-26-22).

Also inside the Top 10 are the Netherlands (15-7-12), Great Britain (14-22-29), South Korea (13-9-10), Italy (12-13-15) and Germany (12-13-8).