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5 PH athletes make it to Paralympics

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Five Filipino athletes have qualified to the 2020 Tokyo Paralmpic Games.

5 PH athletes make it to Paralympics
Ernie Gawilan

The Philippine Paralympic Committee confirmed this yesterday after swimmer Gary Bejino got the nod of the World Para Swimming.

“We are happy to get great news that para-athlete swimmer Gary (Bejino) has earned a slot at the Tokyo Paralympics bringing the present total to five,” said PPC president Michael Barredo.

Bejino’s arm and leg had to be amputated at age seven after he sustained an electric shock in an accident.

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He joins right arm amputee Allain Ganapin (taekwondo), Jerold Magliwan and Janette Acevedo (athletics), and Ernie Gawilan (swimming) to the games.

“Hopefully Team Philippines can garner a few more to increase our chances of getting medals at the Games,” added Barredo.

The Paralympic Movement offers sport opportunities for athletes with physical, vision, and/or intellectual impairments that have at least one of the following 10 eligible impairments: Impaired muscle power, Impaired passive range of movement, Limb deficiency, Leg length difference, Short stature, Muscle tension, Uncoordinated movement, Involuntary movements, Vision impairment, Intellectual Impairment. 

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