Ernie Gawilan dominates heat, reaches swimming final for shot at Paralympic medal

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A Paris Paralympics medal may be within reach of Filipino para swimmer Ernie Gawilan as he gets to the final of the men’s 400m freestyle S7 with the third-fastest time on Monday, September 2.

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00:00A Paris Paralympics medal may be within reach of Filipino para-swimmer Ernie Gawilan as
00:07he gets to the final of the men's 400-meter freestyle S7 with the third-fastest time on
00:12Monday, September 2.
00:14Gawilan clocks 5 minutes and 13 milliseconds to top his heat, two days after he failed
00:19to qualify for the men's 200-meter individual medley SM7 finals.
00:23Only the United States' Evan Austin and neutral Paralympics athlete Alexei Gainiuk recorded
00:28faster times than Gawilan.
00:30Gawilan has a chance to become the third Filipino to win a Paralympic medal after powerlifter
00:35Adeline Dumapong in 2000 and table tennis player Josephine Medina in 2016.
00:41Meantime, Filipino para-taekwondo gin Alain Ganapin ends his Paris Paralympic campaign
00:46after bowing to Azerbaijan's Albufaz Aburza Ali.

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