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PH to send 48 athletes to 2025 Asian Youth Para Games
A delegation of 48 Filipino para-athletes will compete in the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai from December 7 to 14.
The Philippine team will participate in nine different sports, with goalball and athletics having the largest contingents.
Goalball will send 12 athletes, six each for the men's and women's divisions, while athletics will have 10 participants.
Other sports represented include swimming with seven athletes, powerlifting, table tennis, and wheelchair basketball with four each, badminton with three, and boccia and archery with two each.
Milette Santiago-Bonoan, the chief of mission, expressed confidence in the team's potential and highlighted the importance of the event for developing young para-athletes.
Santiago-Bonoan emphasized that the athletes possess the determination to represent the Philippines and that their participation aims to promote inclusivity in sports programs, build character, and give hope and confidence.
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