Asian Para Games first-timer, susubukang makapwesto sa podium sa Para Table Tennis
Asian Para Games first-timer, susubukang makapwesto sa podium sa Para Table Tennis
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00:00 [Philippine Para Table Tennis Team's talent, Leonard Sultan, will be on the field of the Asian Para Games, which will be held here for the first time.]
00:09 [His medals are shining since the tournament started in 2021.]
00:14 [How confident is the right leg amputee who will be able to get a spot in the Asian Meet podium?]
00:20 [Kea Sunshon is back.]
00:23 [The Philippine Table Tennis Team's confidence in the 2023 Asian Para Games, which will be held from October 22 to 28, is one of their youngest paddlers, Leonard Sultan.]
00:35 [There are only four international tournaments that Sultan will be participating in since 2021.]
00:41 [But of all of these, the 24-year-old differently-abled para athlete who won a medal]
00:46 [was the last to win a medal in the Asian Junior Sports Exchange Games held in Japan, where he won a gold medal.]
00:54 [Despite this, he was the first to win a medal in the Asian Para Games, and Sultan was under pressure.]
01:01 It's not easy because the powerhouses are here in the Asian part of table tennis.
01:08 Especially China, Japan, Korea, and Taipei. Those are the strong ones.
01:18 And here in ASEAN, there's Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
01:25 That's what I'm waiting for. It won't be easy.
01:29 So we really need to double time.
01:32 [The next month, there's no time to waste. The Cambodian-ASEAN Para Games Silver and Bronze Medalist, Sultan,]
01:39 [is preparing to continue his medalism in the Asian Para Games.]
01:43 We have schedules that depend on the coach.
01:47 We're here first, in the Ultra.
01:49 Then on Wednesday, our rest day, the coach sometimes advises us to go to a certain place,
01:57 to tune up, and so on.
02:01 [In the 103rd edition of the Asian Para Games, there's no medalist who will go home.]
02:06 [KS Nation, TV Sports.]