Two silvers, a bronze for PH paratriathletes
The Philippines picked up two silver and one bronze medals even as powerhouse Japan ruled all six categories of the ASTC Asian ParaTriathlon Championships 2015 Sunday at Subic Bay Freeport.
Bucking a poor start, Sixto Ducay emerged as the best Filipino differently-abled athlete with a time of one hour, 17 minutes and 30 seconds in the competitive PT4 category of the 750m swim-18K bike-5K run race.
The 47-year-old Ducay (arm disability) finished second to Japanese Keiichi Sato, a fourth placer in the Yokohama World ParaTriathlon Championships, who timed 1:07:20.
Seo Jeong-guk, South Korea’s national champion, settled for the bronze in 1:20:25.
“I had problems [in the swim leg], but I never lost my confidence,” said Ducay.
Filipinos Andy Avellana and Arnel Aba (leg disabilities) also secured podium finishes in the PT2 class ruled by Japanese Kenshiro Nakayama, who clocked 1:24:26.
Avellana bagged the silver with a time of 1:51:00, while Aba checked in third in 1:56:51.
Other Japanese winners were Junpei Kimuna in PT1 (1:11:25), Hikeki Uda in PT3 (1:12:15) and Ryu Nakazawa in the male PT5 (1:14:24) and Atsuko Yamada in the female PT5 (1:23:37).
Hong Kong also copped a silver, while South Korea and Malaysia took a bronze each.
In the side events, abled triathletes competed in the sprint race ruled by John Chicano in the elite category. Jasmine W. Payo
Category winners (Abled): Men—Austine Morfe (16-19), Aiken Ainstay Ting (25-29), Jet Ramos (30-34), Pavel Artyushenko (35-39), Gilbert Canlas (40-44) and Ramon Marchan (50-over); Women—Jeverleen Canlas (20-24), Valerie Anne Consunji (25-29), Lou Ramos (30-34), Chua Chin (35-39) and Jennifer Soto (40-over).
