Paralympian swimmer Ernie Gawilan nails 1st PH gold in 4th Asian Para Games

Filipino para swimmer Ernie Gawilan notches his fourth career Asian Para Games gold - the country's first in Hangzhou - in the men's 400m freestyle, while wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan earns silver No. 1

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Long hailed as one of the top stars of Philippine para sports, the 32-year-old Gawilan cruised to his fourth career Asian Para gold with a 4:58.29 finish time – 13.87 seconds ahead of Singaporean silver medalist Toh Wei Soon . “I’m really, really happy because I was able to bounce back from my loss yesterday,” Gawilan told reporters in Filipino. “It’s a big joy for me that I’m not just the athlete who gave the country the first medal, but now also the first gold. That doesn’t happen too often.”

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