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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/1725715585484090724_Cendy Asusano.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipina para athlete Cendy Asusano. Handout/Philippine Sports Commission"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Filipina para athlete Cendy Asusano. <em>Handout/Philippine Sports Commission</em></span></span></span></div><p>After her fourth place finish in the women&#x27;s javelin throw F54 on Saturday, wheelchair thrower Cendy Asusano has been named the country&#x27;s flag-bearer for the closing ceremonies of the 17th Paris Paralympic Games at the Stade de France on Sunday.</p><p>In her Paralympic Games debut, Asusano, 33, threw a personal best of 15.06 meters.</p><p>&quot;We made a last-minute decision that it would be Asusano and not Angel Mae Otom would be the standard-bearer at the closing ceremonies,&quot; said PH squad chef de mission Ral Rosario.</p><p>&quot;Cendy will likely get help from taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin, who will be pushing her wheelchair,&quot; he added.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/7/asusano-resets-personal-best-retains-world-ranking-in-paralympics-1911">READ: Asusano resets personal best, retains world ranking in Paralympics</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/7/para-swimmer-otom-is-ph-flag-bearer-in-closing-ceremony-1705">READ: Para swimmer Otom is PH flag-bearer in closing ceremony</a></div><p>Otom had been the first choice to carry the flag at the closing rites after an impressive campaign in Paris, where she made the finals of both her events in para swimming.</p><p>She finished fifth in the women’s 50-meter butterfly S5 event in a personal best time of 45.78 seconds, and sixth in the women’s 50-meter backstroke S5 event in sixth place in a time of 44 seconds flat. </p><p>Less formal than the opening rites, French hosts intend to turn the closing program at the 80,000 capacity arena into a huge dance floor starting at 8:30 p.m (2:30 a.m. Manila time), according to the French daily Le Monde. </p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>After her fourth place finish in the women's javelin throw F54 on Saturday, wheelchair thrower Cendy Asusano has been named the country's flag-bearer for the closing ceremonies of the 17th Paris Paralympic Games.</p>

After her fourth place finish in the women's javelin throw F54 on Saturday, wheelchair thrower Cendy Asusano has been named the country's flag-bearer for the closing ceremonies of the 17th Paris Paralympic Games.

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Team PH makes switch, names Asusano as flag-bearer

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Published September 07, 2024 09:27 PM PHT

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