Paraswimmer Bejino misses final in penultimate event in Paralympics
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Paraswimmer Gary Bejino failed to move on to the medal rounds in his third event in the Tokyo Paralympics on Thursday.
Competing in the men's 400-meter freestyle S6 Heats, Bejino finished last among 13 swimmers with a time of 5:52.28.
The Filipino's time was more than 20 seconds slower than Portugal's Daniel Videira, who was the last to qualify for the medal rounds, with 5:26.88.
Brazil's Talisson Glock, who already nabbed two bronzes in Tokyo, finished first in the Heats with 5:06.28.
Bejino has one more event in Tokyo, the 100-meter backstroke S6 set Friday.
Meanwhile, wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan and Para taekwondo athlete Allain Ganapin also have events that day with Team Philippines having three more events for a shot to bring home a medal from Tokyo.
Bookmark this page for updates on the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games. Photo courtesy of AFP/Philip Fong.
Bejino finishes last among 20 swimmers in his final event in the Tokyo Paralympics. He ends his stint without a finals berth. — Luisa Morales
Swimmer Gary Bejino fails to qualify for the final in his penultimate event in the Tokyo Paralympics.
The Filipino finished last among 13 swimmers in the two heats.
The top eight times advance to the medal rounds. — Luisa Morales
Filipino para swimmer Gary Bejino finishes sixth in Heat 1 of the men’s 400-meter freestyle with 5:52.28
He needs to finish in the top eight after two Heats to advance to the medal rounds. — Luisa Morales
Filipino para swimmer Ernie Gawilan finishes last in his heat with a time of 1:21.60 in the Men's 100 meter Backstroke S7 classification.
Gawilan places 10th overall, signaling the end of his tournament. — report from Kristofer Purnell
Jerrold Mangliwan finishes fourth in Heat 1 of the Men's 400meter - T52, he misses out on an outright berth to the Final. He still can book a slot though, if he is among the next two fastest after the Top 3 finishers in the Heats. — Luisa Morales
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