Staff Philippines simply recorded its best end but within the historical past of the quadrennial Asian Youth Para Video games (AYPG).
Counting the multiple-medal outputs of swimmer Ariel Joseph Alegarbes and Linard Sultan of desk tennis, the nation wrapped up its marketing campaign on Monday with an inspiring tally of 1 gold, six silver and two bronze medals among the many best 21-under para athletes within the continent.
Kicking off his stint with a gold medal within the males’s 100-meter butterfly S14, the 17-year-old Alegarbes of Victorias Metropolis, Negros Occidental, added silvers within the 100m breaststroke S14 and 100m backstroke S14 on the final three days of competitors.
In accordance with Staff Philippines chef de mission lawyer Judd Anastacio, the golden feat of Alegarbes is the nation’s first in AYPG swimming and for the intellectually impaired.
Sultan likewise had a pair of silvers within the males’s single class 8 and the combined workforce with Singapore and Kuwait, giving the nation a well timed increase to upstage earlier performances in 2013 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Dubai.
“I’ve been telling the workforce that we have now three competitions. The COVID-19 testing, the classification and the Video games correct,’’ stated Anastacio, who introduced alongside 20 para athletes from six sports activities in Manama, Bahrain, all of them supported by the Philippine Sports activities Fee.
“We’re very happy we have now achieved nicely for all. I instructed the delegation that we are going to go residence with medals and plenty of expertise. We’re all winners,’’ added Anastacio.
Tracksters Daniel Enderes Jr., who claimed the silver medal within the males’s 1500m T20, and Ronn Russel Mitra additionally grabbed silver within the males’s 400m, whereas swimmer Angel Mae Otom seized the bronze medal within the ladies’s 100m butterfly S1-10 Multi class.
Mary Eloise Sable accomplished the forged of podium finishers with a bronze within the ladies’s combined workforce desk tennis with Malaysia.
“Total, the extent of competitors on the Asian stage is difficult, however the delegation was in a position to show that we will match and even higher their performances despite the fact that underneath the pandemic,’’ stated Anastacio.
“We simply took it sooner or later at a time,’’ added Anastacio, whose workforce hashtag in social media is #WinTheDay.
In 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Staff Philippines pocketed one gold and one silver together with 5 bronzes, however may solely deliver residence one bronze within the 2017 Dubai version.
The minimal age to take part within the Video games is 13 years previous whereas the utmost is 21 years previous.
Different sports activities the place Filipino para youth athletes competed within the week-long sportsfest had been wheelchair basketball, badminton and boccia. INQ
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