MANILA, Philippines — Para swimmer Ernie Gawilan was unable to book a slot in the Final of his last event at the Tokyo Paralympics, the Men's 100-meter backstroke S7.
Gawilan finished 10th overall among 11 swimmers in the Heats with a time of 1:21.60.
His time was 12.48 seconds behind Argentina's Pio Carlomagno who set a new Paralympic Record of 1:09.12.
In Heat 2, Gawilan finished last among six swimmers.
He competed in two other events this Paralympics, the Men's 200-meter individual medley and the Men's 400-meter freestyle, the latter where he qualified to the Final and finished 6th overall.
Gawilan was the first Filipino to qualify for the Tokyo Paralympics due to his performance at the 2018 Asian Para Games where he won gold medals in the S7 class events of 400m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, and 200m Individual Medley and two silvers in the S7 class 50m and 100m Freestyle.
Gawilan misses out on last swimming final
Philippines' Ernie Gawilan (R) at the start of Heat 2 of the Men's 100m Freestyle - S8 at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium during the Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 11, 2016.
Simon Bruty for OIS/IOC via AFP