Camille Naredo

Ric Daniel Pasadilla of Team Philippines in the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games. PSC Media

Ric Daniel Pasadilla of Team Philippines in the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games

Article (news)

2025 Asian Youth Para Games

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765530890294Ric Daniel Pasadilla.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Ric Daniel Pasadilla of Team Philippines in the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games. PSC Media" width="960"/>Ric Daniel Pasadilla of Team Philippines in the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games. PSC Media</div>Team Philippines has already surpassed its performance in the previous edition of the Asian Youth Para Games, after just two days of competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Para swimmers Ric Daniel Pasadilla and Raemond Adefuin delivered three more gold medals at the Hamdan Sports Complex, bringing the country&#x27;s total to four.They have already eclipsed their haul from the 2021 edition in Manama, Bahrain, where they brought home one gold, six silver, and two bronze medals.Pasadilla, a 13-year-old student of Pototan National Comprehensive High School in Iloilo, dominated the boys 12-16 200-meter individual medley SM 4-14 multi-class event with a time of 2 minutes and 36.36 seconds then returned and ruled the 100m backstroke S1-2/S6-14 multi-class division with 1:11.39.In addition to his two gold medals, Pasadilla also claimed a silver in the boys 12-16 100m freestyle S1-14 multi-class S10 with 1:06.13, just two seconds behind eventual gold medalist Sepanta Navidi of Iran (1:04.32).Adefuin, who won the country&#x27;s first gold medal the previous day, also captured his second gold after triumphing in the boys 12-16 200m IM SM 5-14 multi-class with a time of 2:57.17 ahead of Malaysia&#x27;s Wahyu Eqwal Bin Nazrey (3:16.97) and Thailand&#x27;s Tongkunlong Chaitawittanun (4:08.92).<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/12/11/para-swimmers-deliver-gold-silver-in-asian-youth-para-games-1505">READ: Para swimmers deliver gold, silver in Asian Youth Para Games</a></div>&quot;I was very nervous because I saw my opponents and they were very lean and tall,&quot; said Pasadilla, a multi-medalist at the 2025 Palarong Pambansa, in Filipino.&quot;I am very thankful for my win. I hope I can make it to the Paralympics someday,&quot; he added.Para swimmers Mary Hannah Diesto, Zach Lucas Obsioma, Bladimir Sebastian Gonzales, and para table tennis players Lhey Manginsay and Barge Cabañero also accounted for silver and bronze medals, hiking the Nationals&#x27; overall medal tally to four gold, six silver and three bronze medals as of  2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12 (Philippine time).Diesto settled for silver medals in the girls 12-15 400m free S6-14 multi-class (6:01.70) and girls 12-15 100m backstroke S1-2/S6-14 multi-class (1:34.07), even as Obsioma, the youngest in the PH contingent at 12 years old, clocked 7:37.4 to also bag the silver in the boys 12-16 400m free S6-14 multi-class.Manginsay, for her part, lost to India&#x27;s Baby Sahana Ravi, 11-6, 5-11, 8-11, in her final match in the women&#x27;s U23 singles Class 9 at the Dubai Club for People of Determination.&quot;I feel sad that I wasn&#x27;t consistent with my backhand, but I learned a valuable lesson to be patient with every point,&quot; said the 22-year-old Manginsay, the country&#x27;s flag-bearer in this edition.Gonzales, meanwhile, timed 5:09.73 in the boys 12-16 400m free S6-14 multi-class, while Cabañero (men&#x27;s singles class 6-7) and Tuala (men&#x27;s U23 singles class 8)  lost in the semifinals of their respective para table tennis events.

Team Philippines has already surpassed its performance in the previous edition of the Asian Youth Para Games, after just two days of competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Team Philippines has already surpassed its performance in the previous edition of the Asian Youth Para Games, after just two days of competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Para swimmers deliver more golds for Team PH in Asian Youth Para Games

News

Entertainment

Lifestyle

Sports

Metro.Style

More

Sudoku

Word of the Day

Lotto

Horoscope

Sports

Para swimmers deliver more golds for Team PH in Asian Youth Para Games

ABS-CBN News

Published December 12, 2025 05:15 PM PHT

Read More:

abssports

para swimming

Asian Youth Para Games

Ric Daniel Pasadilla

Raemond Adefuin

ABS-CBN is the leading media and entertainment company in the Philippines, offering quality content across TV, radio, digital, and film. Committed to public service and promoting Filipino values, ABS-CBN continues to inspire and connect audiences worldwide.

Corporate

Investors

Governance

International Distribution

Corporate

Governance

Investors

International Distribution

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

AI Policy

Terms of Service

Advertise with Us

© 2026 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

AI Policy

Advertise with Us

© 2026 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

AI Policy

Advertise with Us

© 2026 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.