Tokyo Paralympics: Mangliwan sets personal best, missing the podium

Ariana Eylül 12, 2021

Mangliwan is disqualified in the men's 400m final

FILE – The wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan. Photo from the Philippine Paralympic Committee

MANILA, Philippines – Jerrold Mangliwan didn’t make it to the podium but set a personal best in the men’s 1,500-meter final of the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Sunday at the Olympic Stadium.

With 3: 58.24, Mangliwan finished sixth and in the process scored his personal in the event.

The Japanese Sato Tomoki not only took the gold medal, but also broke the Paralympic record with a time of 3: 29.13, beating the previous record of 3: 40.63 that Raymond Martin had set in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

Martin took silver in Tokyo with 3: 29.72 which is his personal best and a new record for the Americas.

Japanese Ueyonabaru Hirokazu took the bronze with a personal best time of 3: 44.17.

Austria’s Thomas Geierspichler finished fourth with a time of 3: 54.77 while Mexico’s Leonard De Jesus Perez Juarez was fifth with a time of 3: 54.82.

The American Isaiah Rigo is seventh with 3: 59.42.