Angel Otom, a young Olongapo native born with no arms, proves her seven-gold ASEAN Para Games haul is no fluke as she reaches the 2024 Paris Paralympics 50-meter backstroke S5 final right on her debut
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Otom, born with no left arm and an underdeveloped right arm, finished seventh overall in the heats with a time of 44.03 seconds to make the final cutoff on Tuesday, September 3, Manila time. Finishing fourth in heat 1, Otom will join fellow heat toppers Shenggao He and Liu Yu , both from China, and Turkiye’s Sumeyye Boyacci in the final eight on Tuesday night .
This marks Otom’s first-ever Paralympic event after copping four gold medals in the 2023 ASEAN Para Games and three more in the prior edition at just 19 years old.
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