PARIS -- Para swimming head coach Tony Ong's instructions to swimmer Angel Mae Otom in the women’s 50-meter butterfly S5 event in the 17th Paralympic Games swimming meet at the La Defense Arena pool Friday, Sept. 6, were plain and simple: give your best and make it to the finals. Angel Mae...
Para swimmer Angel Otom settled for sixth place in the finals of the women’s 50m backstroke-S5 event in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games at Paris La Defense Arena Wednesday, Sept. 4 (Manila time). Otom, 21, who remained calm despite facing her idol China’s Lu Dong, timed in 44 seconds – just a...
Para swimmer Angel Otom barged into the final round after finishing fourth in Heat 1 of the women's 50m backstroke-S5 event at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Paris La Defense Arena. Para swimmer Angel Otom (Screengrab from Paralympic Games YT Live) Otom clocked in 44.03...
PARIS (AP) — Ella Sabljak thrust her arms in the air after helping Australia win the bronze medal in wheelchair rugby at the Paralympics on Monday, Sept. 2, then turned her thoughts to growing the sport. Australia's Ella Sabljak celebrates after winning the wheelchair rugby bronze medal match...
Para swimmer Ernie Gawilan couldn’t ride the momentum of his superb showing in heats after falling short in the men’s 400m Freestyle-S7 finals of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games at Paris La Defense Arena late Monday, Sept. 2. Gawilan, 33, clocked in 5 minutes and 3.18 seconds – slower than...
Swimmer Ernie Gawilan inched closer to a podium finish after advancing to the final round of the men’s 400m Freestyle-S7 event of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games at Paris La Defense Arena Monday, Sept. 2. Swimmer Ernie Gawilan (Screengrab from Paralympic Games YT Live) Gawilan topped Heat 2...
PARIS (AP) — Sitting volleyball is a Paralympic sport played close to the ground: Players scoot around the court and hit over a net that stands just under 4 feet (1.15 meters). So having the world’s second-tallest man at the front of that net can make quite the difference for an...
PARIS (AP) — Paralympic triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 1, were postponed for a day because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall, organizers said. The 11 para triathlon events are now scheduled for Monday, the Paris 2024 organizing...
Para taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin succumbed to Azerbaijan’s Abulfaz Abuzarli, 12-9, to exit in the round of 16 of the 2024 Paris Paralympics at the Grand Palais in France on Saturday, Aug. 31. Para taekwondo jin Allain Keanu Ganapin (Screengrab from Paralympic Games YT Live) Competing in the...
PARIS (AP) — Tunisia’s Raoua Tlili won her fifth consecutive gold medal in shot put at her fifth Paralympics on Friday, Aug. 30, while the United States captured its first gold. Tunisia’s Raoua Tlili (World Para Athletics) Tlili’s throw of 10.40 meters at the Stade de France was good enough...
Para wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan wrapped up his men’s 400m T52 campaign at the 2024 Paris Paralympics after settling for eighth place in the finals on Saturday, Aug. 31 (Manila time) at the Stade de France. Para wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan (Screengrab from Paralympic Games YT live)...
Para wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan secured his spot in the final round after finishing fourth in the Men’s 400m T52 Round 1-Heat 1 event of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games at the Stade de France Friday, Aug. 30. Para racer Jerrold Mangliwan (PSC Media Pool) Racing in his third...
