FILIPINO para-athletes in archery and cycling delivered stellar performances in separate competitions in Thailand, bringing home multiple medals in archery and cycling over the weekend.
Paralympian Agustina Bantiloc and Marzel Burgos secured a bronze medal in the compound mixed team event at the 2025 Asia Para Cup – World Ranking Tournament in Bangkok.
The Philippine duo outclassed Hong Kong’s Chang Yuen Wah and Ngai Ka Chuen with an impressive 140-134 victory in their bronze-medal showdown.
It marked the second bronze for the Philippine Para Archery Team in Bangkok, following an earlier podium finish by Burgos and Angelo Manangdang in the compound men’s open team event.
Meanwhile, in the 13th Asian Para Road Cycling Championships in Phitsanulok, Thailand, Filipino cyclists Joel Ian Tacutaco and Patrick Gerald Lee also dished out medal-producing performances.
Tacutaco clinched a silver medal in the Road Race C4, while Lee secured a bronze in the Road Race C5.
The Philippine Para Cycling Team, led by coach Bert Oconer, finished the event with a one-silver, two-bronze haul, including a podium finish by Michael Bayani, who took third place in the Individual Time Trial (ITT) C4.
Bayani, making his international debut, clocked 32 minutes and 37.89 seconds in the 20-km race, trailing gold medalist Muhammad Fadli Imammudin of Indonesia (30:36.840) and silver winner Pavel Babenko of Kazakhstan (30:59.747).
Veteran Godfrey Taberna placed fifth in the same category, while former Asian Championship bronze medalist Arthus Bucay finished fourth in the Men’s C5 division with a time of 31:37.599, narrowly missing the podium.
Patrick Lee, also competing internationally for the first time, finished sixth in his event with a time of 32:12.49 in a highly competitive field of 15 riders.