Metro Manila, Philippines – Ernie Gawilan won the country’s first gold medal at the 5th Asian Para Games on Monday, Oct. 19, at the Nagoya City General Gymnasium in Japan.
The 35-year-old from Davao ruled the men’s 400m Freestyle S7 event with an official time of 4:56.72.
Yilong Zhang of China (5:01.36) and Wei Soong Toh of Singapore (5:24.23) settled for silver and bronze, respectively.
This was Gawilan’s third gold in the Asian Para Games.
The Philippines now has two medals in the quadrennial multi-sport event after Raemond Adefuin nabbed bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB6.
The 5th Asian Para Games will run until Oct. 24.
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