Para-swimmer Ernie Gawilan starts his 4th Asian Para Games defense of 3 golds in the men's 200-meter individual medley (IM) SM7 in Hangzhou, China on Monday, October 23. A 32-year-old Dabawenyo, Gawilan won gold in the SM7 200m IM during the 2018 Jakarta Asian Para Games. He is also set to defend his 100m backstroke S7 and 400m freestyle S7 titles from the 3rd Asian Para Games. With experience in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Gawilan is well aware of the pressure to maintain his gold-winning streak for Team Philippines.