Para swimming and para chess deliver three golds apiece, while para athletics and powerlifting add one each for Team Philippines in the ASEANParaGames2023.
MANILA, Philippines – Team Philippines got off to a sterling start in the ASEAN Para Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, bagging eight gold medals on Sunday, June 4, courtesy of swimming, athletics, powerlifting, and chess.
Bejino ruled the men’s 400m freestyle S6 in record-breaking fashion, clocking 5:38.26 to erase the ASEAN Para Games mark of 6:04.17 set by Myanmar’s Aung Myint Myat in 2017 and break the golden ice for the Philippines.Gawilan, meanwhile, earned his 10th ASEAN Para Games gold after topping the men’s 400m freestyle S7 with a time of 4:58.78 and added a silver in the men’s 100m freestyle S7.
Like para swimming, para chess churned out three golds thanks to Darry Bernardo, Cheyzer Mendoza, Menandro Redor, and Israel Peligro.
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