The 2024 Paris Paralympics begins this week. Here’s when you can see six of our delegates in action
Six Filipino athletes—the biggest delegation in 12 years—will be representing the Philippines at the 2024 Paris Paralympics happening from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
The team consists of Paralympics veterans swimmer Ernie Gawilan and wheelchair racer Jerrold Pete Mangliwan together with first-time Paralympians taekwondoin Allain Ganapin, javelin thrower Cendy Asusano, swimmer Angel Otom, and archer Agustina Bantiloc.
The athletes wore Ditta Sandico-designed garments while Bantiloc and Gawilan bore the Philippine flag at the Paralympics Opening held outside of a stadium on Wednesday at Champs-Elysees and Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.
Bantiloc will first see action tomorrow at 7 p.m. (Philippine time) at the women’s archery ranking round.
Here’s the rest of the Paralympic events our Filipino athletes will compete at:
2024 Paralympics Philippine delegation schedule (PH time)
Aug. 29
7 p.m.
Bantiloc at Women’s Archery ranking round
Aug. 30
3 p.m.
Bantiloc at Women’s Individual Compound Open (Round of 16) elimination round,
5:13 p.m.
Mangliwan at Men’s 400m T52 (Heats)
*Men’s 400m T52 (Finals) Aug. 31, 1:14 a.m.
Aug. 31
4 p.m.
Ganapin vs. Hadi Hassanzada of Refugee Paralympic Team
Men’s 80kg K44 Taekwondo (Round of 32)
5:20 p.m.
Gawilan at Men’s 200m individual medley SM7 (Heats)
*Men’s 200m individual medley SM7 (Finals) Sept. 1, 1:59 a.m.
9:30 p.m.
Bantiloc at Women’s Individual Compound Open (Round of 8) Elimination Round
Sept. 2
3:30 p.m.
Gawilan at Men’s 400m freestyle S7 (Heats)
*Men’s 400m freestyle S7 (Finals), 11:30 p.m.
Sep. 3
4:26 p.m.
Otom at Women’s 50m backstroke S5 (Heats)
*Women’s 50m backstroke S5 (Finals), Sept. 4, 12:34 a.m.
Sept. 6
3:43 a.m.
Mangliwan at Men’s 100m T52 (Heats)
*Men’s 100m T52 (Finals), 5:30 p.m.
4:10 p.m.
Otom at Women’s 50m butterfly S5 (Heats)
*Women’s 50m butterfly S5 (Finals), 11:59 p.m.
Sept. 7
4:08 p.m.
Asusano at Javelin Throw F54
*Finals schedule
Filipino athletes first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1988 with representation at every edition since 2000.
We have so far won two bronze medals in the history of the Paralympics: the first by powerlifter Adeline Dumapong in the women’s 82.5kg event at the 2000 Sydney Games and then by table tennis player Josephine Medina in the women’s class 8 singles at the 2016 Rio Games.