Congrats to Filipino American para swimmer Gia Pergolini for making history at the 2024 Paralympics!!!⁠ ⁠ The 20-year-old Atlanta native, whose mother was born and raised in Manila, expressed her pride in representing the U.S.: ⁠ “I'm just so happy to be here and representing one of the greatest countries in the world and getting its first gold medal Paralympics. It's just unreal, especially after watching the Olympians dominate the Olympics, I wanted to do that here and I'm so glad I got to do that and end up achieving my goal.”⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🤳Click our linkinbio to sign up to our daily newsletter.⁠ ⁠ 📰Follow us for the latest Asian News NextShark⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #news #paralympics #GiaPergolini #swimming #swim #worldrecord #2024paralympics