Allain Ganapin (Photo from PLM) The Philippine team suffered another blow in its Tokyo Paralympics campaign after para taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin tested positive for COVID-19. The result ruled out Ganapin from the competition where he is supposed to battle in the men’s -75kg K44 division...
Gary Bejino Gary Bejino returned to the pool and finished last in the preliminaries of the men’s 400-meter freestyle S6 of the Tokyo Paralympics Thursday, Sept. 2. Bejino timed 5 minutes and 52.28 seconds to finish 13 th place at the bottom standings behind top qualifier Talisson Henrique Glock...
Haven Shepherd of the US (left) chats with Canada's Abi Tripp after competing in the women's 100m breaststroke SB7 swimming heat during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on September 1, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) US swimmer Haven Shepherd lost her legs...
Athletes compete in the men's 100m backstroke S9 swimming heat at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on August 30, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) China's youngest Paralympian broke her own world record in the pool in Tokyo on Monday, a day after...
Ernie Gawilan (left) and Gary Bejino Para swimmers Ernie Gawilan and Gary Bejino missed their chance to advance to the finals of their respective events in the Tokyo Paralympics Monday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Gawilan finished 10 th in the overall preliminaries of the men’s 100-meter...
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...
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...
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...
