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Ernie Gawilan with his gold medal from the Men's 400m Freestyle - S7 of the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China last year.Paris – Veteran para swimmer Ernie Gawilan and para taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin plunge into action in their respective events Saturday in the 17th Paris Paralympic Games in separate venues here.
In the event the Hangzhou Asian Para Games gold medalist makes the cut, he will see action in the finals at the 7:59 p.m. in the stint supported by the Philippine Sports Commission. Ganapin, 26, will finally get a chance to display his skills on this huge sports stage after being sidelined by COVID-19 before taking part in the Tokyo edition of the meet three years ago when the sport made its Paralympic Games debut.
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