MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine team will have at least four athletes competing in the Tokyo Paralympics set from August 24 to September 5. “Jerold Mangliwan qualifies through past performances that cleared the standards set by the IPC (International Paralympic Committee),” he added. And Diaz said they are hoping to qualify more in swimming and other sports like table tennis, powerlifting and cycling. “This is a unique feature for the Paralympic format, each Paralympic IF (International Federation) evaluates submitted applications for bi-partite invitations and all IPC member countries submits applications,” said Diaz. “And we have similar applications in other para events, all awaiting decisions up to end of the month or early July.”

Source: Philippine Star June 08, 2021 06:56 UTC