Following his gold medal win on Monday, Philippine Paralympic swimmer Ernie Gawilan bagged the silver medal in his second event at the 5th Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Japan on Tuesday
In the final of the men’s 200 meters individual medley SM7 on Tuesday, Gawilan clocked 2:52.72 to finish second.
China’s Zhang Yilong pulled away from the rest of the pack, winning the gold medal with an Asian Record-breaking time of 2:37.69, while Niranjan Mukundan of India finished with the bronze medal at 2:57.01.
It was Gawilan’s second medal at these Games, following Ariel Joseph Alegarbes’ gold medal swim in the men’s 100 meters backstroke S14 earlier on Tuesday.
