Para swimmer Ernie Gawilan during the Allianz PNB Life and Philippine Sports Commission send off for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Makati Diamond Residences on June 20, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News


Para thrower Ernie Gawilan during the Allianz PNB Life and Philippine Sports Commission send off for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Makati Diamond Residences on June 20, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172533556207820240620-psc-paris-olympics-send-off-JC-6.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Para swimmer Ernie Gawilan during the Allianz PNB Life and Philippine Sports Commission send off for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Makati Diamond Residences on June 20, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Para swimmer Ernie Gawilan during the Allianz PNB Life and Philippine Sports Commission send off for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Makati Diamond Residences on June 20, 2024. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>Filipino para swimmer Ernie Gawilan missed out on the podium of the men&#x27;s 400-meter freestyle S7 event in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.</p><p>Gawilan finished sixth in the final on Monday at the La Defense Arena in Paris, France after clocking 5:03.18.</p><p>He was 24.48 seconds behind Italy&#x27;s Federico Bicelli, who won gold with a time of 4:38.70. Ukraine&#x27;s Andrii Trusov (4:40.17) and Argentina&#x27;s Inaki Basiloff (4:40.27) completed the podium.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/1/ernie-gawilan-gets-another-shot-at-paralympics-medal-1545">READ: Para swimmer Ernie Gawilan headed to finals of 400m freestyle</a></div><p>Gawilan had qualified to the final after topping Heat 2 earlier in the day, finishing third among the eight qualifiers.</p><p>However, he was slower in the final, and well behind his personal best of 4:54.24 that he set in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.</p><p>This was Gawilan&#x27;s final event in Paris, after missing out on the finals of the men&#x27;s 200-meter individual medley SM7 event over the weekend.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jDuqjED4BZw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Filipino para swimmer Ernie Gawilan missed out on the podium of the men's 400-meter freestyle S7 event in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.</p>

Filipino para swimmer Ernie Gawilan missed out on the podium of the men's 400-meter freestyle S7 event in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.

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