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Philippines opens ASEAN Para Games with golds from Bejino and Gawilan

The men’s final was a hard-fought match with the Pilipinas Warriors taking silver against Thailand [photo credit: Francis Diaz Facebook]

January 21, 2026

Philippine para swimmers Gary Bejino and Ernie Gawilan opened the medal haul at the 13th ASEAN Para Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with gold medals in the men’s 400m freestyle events. Other Filipino athletes also secured silver and bronze medals in para basketball, powerlifting, cycling, and bowling.

Asian Para Games 2023: Gawilan, Bejino deliver first medals for PH

Ernie Gawilan splashes his way to a bronze medal in the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games swimming meet Monday night at the HOC Aquatic Arena. [PSC Media pool]

October 24, 2023

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Philippine national para swimmers Ernie Gawilan and Gary Bejino produced a pair of third-place finishes on Monday, October 23, to hand the country its first medals at the start of the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games swimming championships at the Hangzhou Olympic Center Aquatic Arena.