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Manginsay chosen as PH flag-bearer in Asian Youth Para Games

Published Dec 8, 2025 01:03 pm

At A Glance

  • Lhey Marie Manginsay, a para table tennis athlete from Zamboanga Sibugay, has been chosen as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Dec. 10.
Para table tennis athlete Lhey Manginsay is chosen as Team Philippines' flag-bearer in the Asian Youth Para Games. (File Photo/PSC)
Para table tennis athlete Lhey Manginsay is chosen as Team Philippines' flag-bearer in the Asian Youth Para Games. (File Photo/PSC)
Lhey Marie Manginsay, a para table tennis athlete from Zamboanga Sibugay, has been chosen as the country’s flag-bearer during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Dec. 10.
Manginsay, 22, made waves at the 2025 ITTF World Para Future Taipei in Taiwan last June where she and Jan Wildfreed Redulla snared the country’s lone gold medal in the mixed doubles class XD17-Group 1. 
Last year, she turned heads after beating a national team player for the singles gold medal in the 8th Philippine National Para Games (PNPG), while adding two silver medals. 
“I’m grateful for being chosen as the flag bearer for Team Philippines,” said Manginsay in Filipino. 
“This is not just an honor, but a responsibility because as a flag-bearer, I am also carrying the hopes and stories of every Filipino para athlete, especially the youth who dreams of being in this position someday,” she added. 
Manginsay’s journey as a para athlete started in 2019 when she fell from a hanging bridge and lost full mobility in her right arm after surgery and therapy. Once a right-handed player, she adapted by switching to her left hand.
“This just reminds me why I push myself and never give up. I hope that when people see me walking with the Philippine flag, they would not only see, but the possibility of believing in yourself despite your condition or the challenges you’re in to,” Manginsay said.
The opening ceremony will be held at the Dubai Club for People of Determination Stadium, with competition also set to start on the same day until Dec. 14. 
Para sports classification began last Sunday, Dec. 7, until Tuesday, Dec. 9. 
Manginsay is just one of the four Filipino players competing in para table tennis, and is part of the 48-player delegation of Team Philippines competing in nine of the 11 sports. 
Around 1,500 para athletes from 35 Asian countries are competing in this fifth edition, with the Filipinos hoping to maintain or surpass their previous haul of one gold, six silver and two bronze medals held in Manama, Bahrain in 2021. 
The bulk of the PH delegation left for Dubai last Sunday, with the remaining athletes set to leave this Monday.
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