Yulo wins gold in Gymnastics World Championship vault event

Philippine's Carlos Yulo in action during the men's vault final at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Kitakyushu General Gymnasium, Kitakyushu, Japan  on Sunday. Yulo bested 7 other gymnasts winning gold during the world championship.

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Medals galore, as Carlos Yulo continues SEA Games supremacy

MANILA, Philippines —Filipino Olympian Carlos Edriel “Caloy" Yulo once again put on a show in the 30th Southeast Asian Games on Tuesday.

This time, it was in the individual apparatus, where Yulo won gold in the floor exercise at Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

The dynamo was untouchable in his pet event, tallying a score of 14.700.

The silver medalist from Thailand, Tikumporn Surintornta, had a score of 13.833. Malaysia’s Mat Asri Zul Bahrin took the bronze with a score of 13.767.

A gold medal sweep was not in the cards for the 19-year-old Yulo, however.

He settled for a silver medal in pommel horse, garnering a score of 13.233. Eclipsing Yulo was Malaysia’s Tan Fu Jie, who performed a more difficult routine and got a score of 13.967.

Vietnam’s Dinh Phuong Thanh got the bronze with a score of 12.867.

Another Filipino, Jan Timbang, only mustered a score of 10.700.

Yulo finished the day by winning a silver in the still rings. He scored 13.733 in the event, a mark that was later tied by Indonesia’s Arifin Dwi.

They were both eclipsed by Vietnam’s Dang Nam, however. The defending champion in the apparatus scored a 13.867 to retain his gold medal.

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Gymnastics: Carlos Yulo’s next target? Gold in next year’s Olympics

Hopes are high for 19-year-old Carlos Edriel Yulo in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Yulo did what no other Filipino has done when he won the gold in the men’s floor event of the world gymnastics championships.

He believes he can still outdo himself with more hard work and training.

“Hindi pa po ako satisfied doon,” Yulo said during a media conference on Tuesday hosted by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) for him, boxer Nesthy Petecio and pole-vaulter EJ Obiena.

“Alam kong mas-kaya ko pa po.”

Even Cynthia Carrion, head of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines, the sport’s national governing body, agreed with this mindset of Yulo.

“He needs to forget his win in the worlds. Stop it. From now on, he has to think of the Olympics. Olympics, Olympics. He has to win the gold,” Carrion said.

No Filipino has ever won a gold medal in the Olympics.

PSC chairman William “Butch” Ramirez said his office has already prepared P500,000 award for Yulo based on the incentives law.

“The board also approved to give him P500,000 more. Who would have imagined a Filipino winning a gold in the world championships?” said Ramirez.

Yulo also stands to get P1 million more from the MVP Foundation. 

“Plano ko ibili iyon ng bahay para sa pamilya ko,” Yulo said. “Magiging atleta na rin kasi ang mga kapatid ko, kaya magandang lumaki sila sa maayos na environment.”

Yulo acknowledged it wasn’t always a bed of roses training for more than 3 years in Tokyo away from his family.

“Noong mga unang araw ko sa Japan, nakakaramdam na’ko ng lungkot. Nami-miss ko na’ng pamilya ko,” said Yulo, who once considered quitting.

“ ’Yung training hindi madali. Sobrang hirap. Araw araw naiiyak ako. Sinabi ko sa coach ko na magku-quit na ako,” he said.

But after visiting home and having a heart-to-heart talk with his parents, he eventually continued to train.

“Ngayon target ko nang di maulit ’yung dati. Gusto kong lumaban, gusto kong ipakita na kaya ko po,” Yulo said.

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Asian Games: History beckons for teen Pinoy gymnast Carlos Yulo

JAKARTA—Carlos Yulo looks to reap the fruits of a comprehensive three-year training program that made him decide to leave the Philippines and call Japan his second home.

The 18-year-old eyes history, as he aims to win the Philippines’ first-ever gold medal in artistic gymnastics in the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta International Expo Hall.

On Monday, Yulo topped the preliminary round of the floor exercises competition, giving him a berth in the medal stage on Thursday. 

The final is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. (5 p.m. in Manila).

The two-time Palarong Pambasa champion has been training in Japan the past three years, a program that required Yulo to practice eight hours a day, six days a week, under coach Munehiro Kugimiya, with the assistance of the Japanese Gymnastics Federation, which is helping him to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 

Yulo is one of a few elite Filipino athletes being supported by Siklab Foundation and the MVP Sports Foundation.

Yulo, who came in eighth in the men’s all-around with a score of 80.750, an event dominated by China on Monday, burst into the international scene early this year with top-3 finishes in 3 legs of the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series organized by the International Gymnastics Federation, the sport's world governing body.

He won a bronze medal in the vault event in Melbourne; a vault silver in Baku, Azerbaijan; and a floor silver in Doha, Qatar.

Lone Pinoy bet confident in sport-climbing

In Palembang, meanwhile, Gerard Verosil was upbeat about his chances in sport climbing at Jakabaring Sports City, a discipline that's debuting in these Games.

“Mahirap pong mag-prediksiyon. Basta confident po akong magpe-perform ng maayos dito,” said Verosil, the only Filipino entry in the field of 34.

The 17-year-old is fresh off a semifinal finish in the Asian Cup Bouldering and Speed event in Bangkok in June, which served as his tune-up for the Asian Games.

Competitors will take on a 12-meter wall during the four-day competition.

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Asian Games: PH gymnast Carlos Yulo reaches men’s floor exercise, vault finals

Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo reached the finals of the men's floor exercise and vault competitions in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Monday.

Yulo, who made his Asian Games debut at Jakarta International Expo Kanayoran Hall D, garnered the highest score in the qualification round.

He scored 14.500 points, besting Chia-Hunng Tang of Chinese Taipei (14.450), and Kakeru Tanigawa of Japan (14.400).

Yulo ranked fourth in the vault event.

He collected 14.150 points behind Wai Hung Shek of Hong Kong, Le Thanh Tung of Vietnam, and Agus Prayoko of Indonesia.

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