Two Filipina athletes who have won Paralympic medals lead a 57-person contingent that will compete in the Asian Para Games, which will run from October 6 to 13 in Jakarta.

They will be flying to Indonesia on Monday.

Filipino para-athletes will compete in 10 of 18 sports, namely archery, athletics, badminton, chess, cycling, judo, powerlifting, swimming, table tennis and tenpin bowling.

Leading the Philippines are Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta of powerlifting and Josephine Medina of table tennis.

Ancheta is the first Filipino to win a medal in the Paralympics after bagging a bronze medal in Sydney in 2000. Ancheta won another bronze medal recently in the 2018 World Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan in early September.

Medina won a bronze at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Philippine Paralympic Committee president Michael Barredo expressed optimism about the Philippine campaign in Jakarta, saying that the Philippines hopes to improve on its five silver and five bronze medal finish in Incheon, South Korea in 2014.

University of the Philippines Professor Kiko Diaz, the chef de mission, said that the Philippine team went through rigorous training to prepare for this regional event.
Donning the national colors are Agustina Bantiloc and Giovanni Ola (archery); Prudencia Panaligan, Andy Avellana, Jerrold Pete Mangliwan, Joel Balatucan, Evaristo Carbonel, Jeanette Acebeda, Marites Burce, Arman Dino and Cendy Asusano (athletics); Jonas Matados, Paz Lita and Kathleen Pedrosa (badminton); Sander Severino, Henry Roger Lopez, Jasper Rom, Minandro Redor, Israel Peligro, Arman Subaste, Francis Ching, Rodolfo Sarmiento, Cecilio Bilog, Fe Mangayayam, Jean-lee Nacita and Cheryl Angot (chess); Arthus Bucay and Godfrey Taberna (cycling); Gener Padilla, Deterson Omas and Carlito Agustin (judo); and Achelle Guion, Agustin Kitan, Marydol Pamatian and Romeo Tayawa (powerlifting).

Also joining the Jakarta trip are Minnie Cadag, Benedicto Gaela, Pablo Catalan, Darwin Salvacion and Smith Billy Cartera (table tennis); Ernie Gawilan, Gary Bejino, Roland Subido, Arnel Aba and Edwin Villanueva (swimming); and Kim Ian Chi, Samuel Matias, Angelito Guloya, Christopher Yue, Francisco Ednaco, Jaime Manginga, Augusto Hernandez, Crisostomo Yao, Noel Espanol and Ruben San Diego (tenpin bowling).

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