Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan posted a personal best record and came in sixth in the men’s 1500-meter T2 of the Tokyo Paralympics Sunday night at the Olympic Stadium. The 41-year-old veteran timed 3 minutes and 58.24 seconds behind eventual gold medalist Tomoki Sato of Japan, who registered...
Ernie Gawilan failed to land at the medal podium of the men’s 400-meter freestyle S7 after finishing sixth in the Tokyo Paralympics Sunday, Aug. 29 at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Ernie Gawilan (Photo from Ernie Gawilan's Facebook account) The 2018 Asian Para Games gold medalist timed 4 minutes and...
Jeanette Aceveda has been ruled out of discus throw in the Tokyo Paralympics Sunday, Aug. 29 after she and her coach Bernard Buen tested positive for COVID-19. Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) President Mike Barredo disclosed this in a statement, adding that Aceveda and Buen were already...
Tokyo Olympics silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio finally got her P5 million incentives from the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) in a simple turnover ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 28 at the Meralco Lighthouse Restaurant in Pasig City. MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, second...
Ernie Gawilan booked a spot in the final of the men’s 400-meter freestyle S7 on Sunday in the Tokyo Paralympics at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. The two-time Paralympian clocked 4 minutes and 58.58 seconds to finish sixth in the combined two-heat group behind top qualifier Mark Malyar of Israel, who...
"A hero in my book." This was how Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. described Filipino paralympian Gary Bejino despite failing to advance to the next round of the swimming competition in the Tokyo Paralympics. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Filipino swimmer Gary Bejino...
Photo from Jerrold Mangliwan's Facebook page Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan failed in his medal campaign in the Tokyo Paralympics Friday night after getting disqualified in the men’s 400 meters T52 class. Racing on Lane 3, Mangliwan registered a personal best of 1 minute and 0.80 seconds to...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Hidilyn Diaz wanted nothing else but the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a dream she long aspired for since her first go-round in 2008. Thirteen years later, the Zamboanguena weightlifter delivered just that, lifting her way to immortality by winning the Philippines' first...
Photo from Ernie Gawilan's Facebook account Ernie Gawilan missed his chance to make it to the finals of the men’s 200-meter individual medley SM7 Friday after finishing ninth in the heats at the Tokyo Paralympics. Gawilan timed 2 minutes and 50.49sec to finish ninth out of 13 participants in the...
Photo from Jerrold Mangliwan's Facebook account 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...
Screen grab from Paralympic Games YouTube Channel Gary Bejino failed to advance to the next round of the swimming competition Thursday after finishing last in his event in the Tokyo Paralympics at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Bejino, a two-time Southeast Asian Para Games gold medalist, clocked 3...
Photo from Phoenix Petroleum Tokyo Olympic medalists Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial received their incentives from the Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Sports Foundation. Diaz, Petecio and Marcial met with Siklab Atleta executive director and Phoenix Petroleum executive Raymond Zorilla...
