LOOK: Para swimming gold medalist Jacqueline Castro from Pangasinan gets to celebrate her 18th birthday with a surprise debut arranged by her fellow delegates from Ilocos Region. Palaro2023 Photos: Karina Aragon/Deped Region 1 PAO
MANILA, Philippines – A cake would have been enough for Jacqueline Castro as she turned 18 in the middle of the Palarong Pambansa.
But the para swimmer from Pangasinan got to celebrate with a surprise debut party arranged by her fellow delegates from Ilocos Region at their billeting quarter in San Roque Elementary School in Marikina on Wednesday, August 2.“I’m super grateful because I didn’t expect it,” said Castro, a graduating student from Pangalangan National High School, in a mix of Filipino and English.
Competing under the intellectual disability category, Castro ruled the girls’ 50m backstroke on Tuesday and topped the 50m freestyle on Thursday for a pair of mints.“I’m extremely happy because it is my first time [winning gold]. Not everyone wins a medal in the Palarong Pambansa,” Castro said. Castro, who started out in athletics before she switched to swimming, said para athletes can excel in sports just like their able-bodied counterparts.
“There are some who look down on people with disabilities but they do not know that those with disabilities can compete in this Palaro,” she said.
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