阿里尔约瑟夫阿勒加贝斯自豪地展示他在印度尼西亚三宝垄举行的第11届东盟残疾人运动会游泳比赛中获得的两枚金牌。施舍物
周二，阿里尔约瑟夫阿勒加贝斯在第11届东盟残疾人运动会上闪亮登场，以破纪录的方式在三宝垄的贾蒂德里体育中心游泳池夺得两枚金牌。
分享聚光灯的是菲律宾的对位棋手，他们在苏拉卡尔塔的Lor-in酒店分别在第一亲代和六B2-B3类别的标准赛事中横扫男子个人和团队，获得了四枚金牌。
FIDE大师桑德塞韦里诺和梅南德罗雷多尔分别在男子个人第一亲代和六B2-B3组中独占鳌头，同时带领各自的团队取得胜利，加入Alegarbes的行列，成为该国的双金牌得主。
塞维里诺在第一亲代级比赛中击败了同胞亨利罗杰洛佩兹获得个人金牌，而雷多尔在第六届B2-B3赛区以1-2-3领先，阿曼苏巴斯特和达里贝尔纳多分别获得银牌和铜牌。
塞韦里诺、洛佩兹和贾斯珀罗姆三人组轻而易举地战胜了男子团体第一亲代戈尔德，而
e Redor, Subaste and Bernardo were the top squad in the VI B2-B3 class in a dominant show that netted them four mints.
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In front of a lean yet jubilant Filipino crowd, Alegarbes had an unforgettable outing in ruling the men’s 100-meter backstroke S14 event in thrilling fashion, surging in the last 10 meters to win the race by a touch in 1 minute and 3.01 seconds.
He nipped Malaysia’s Muhammad Imaan Aiman, who had wrested the lead at the 75-meter mark but lost steam and settled for silver in 1:03.20. Thailand’s Mrjirachot Chuvong was a distant third and took the bronze medal (1:11.68).
Later, the 18-year-old Victoria, Negros Oriental pride was back at the pool, this time leading from start to finish in handily winning the men’s 50-butterfly S14 in 26.43 seconds, completing a golden double in his rookie stint in the biennial meet.
On top of being the country’s first double gold medalist in the meet, Alegarbes established new meet records in both events.
He first broke the 5-year-old mark of 1:03.60 in the 100-meter backstroke set by Indonesia’s Muhammad in the 2017 Kuala Lumpur ASEAN Para Games.
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He also broke by nearly 4 seconds the joint record of 30.01 seconds held by Malaysian W.Y. Chung and Indonesian D. Nugruho also set in the same Games held in the Malaysian capital.
“I feel like I am about to explode because I was not expecting this. This is for my father who led me into swimming. Without him I wouldn’t be here,” said Alegarbes, who suffers from ADHD with a learning disability with dyslexia, while handing both mints to his delighted father Abner.
“Of course, I am very proud of my son, and I am glad to witness his accomplishment,” said the elder Alegarbes, who left his work as a construction worker to look after his son after learning of his son’s physical challenge at an early age through the advice of his late psychologist brother.
Alegarbes’s success was a brilliant follow-up to his winning 1 gold and 1 silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly S14 and 100-meter backstroke S14, respectively, in the Asian Youth Para Games held in Manama, Bahrain last December.
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Veteran Ernie Gawilan, who won the men’s 400-meter freestyle S7 event on Tuesday, settled for silver in the men’s 100-meter backstroke S7 in 1:21.13 for the other swimming medal of the day.
The country’s track and field team likewise continued to have a productive campaign Tuesday morning at the Manahan Stadium. Newcomer King James Reyes and veteran thrower Jesebel Tordecilla boosted the athletic haul to 4 gold medals.
Reyes topped the men’s 5,000-meter race T46 event, his time pending confirmation from meet officials, while Tordecilla took the gold with her heave of 14.21 meters on her third attempt.
A gold medalist in the women’s javelin throw T54 last Monday, Cendy Asusano added a bronze to her collection in the women’s discus throw, which was the same medals won by Ron Russel Mitra and Evaristo Carbonel in the men’s long jump T20 and men’s discus throw F11-13, respectively.
With the production of chess, swimming, and athletics combined for the day, the Philippine para-athletes had 13 gold, 11 silver, and 20 bronze medals as they pressed to eclipse the tally of 20 golds, 20 silvers, and 29 bronzes in winding up fifth overall in the Malaysian Games in 2017.
