Filipino Carlos Edriel Yulo bagged the men’s vault gold medal Saturday night at the close of the 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Yulo scored 14.886 points to beat Armenian Arthur Davtyan (14.833) and Ukrainian Nazar Chepurnyi (14.483).<\/p>\n
Davtyan dethroned Yulo in the 2022 United Kingdom edition but placed second behind the 4-foot-11 Filipino at the Paris Olympics final last year.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Yulo settled for the bronze medal in the floor exercise. Great Britain’s Jake Jarman and Luke Whitehouse placed 1-2.<\/p>\n
“It feels amazing,” the 25-year-old Yulo was quoted by Olympics.com after the finals. “Yesterday (Friday), I was really feeling it. It’s a good feeling making it to the podium in third position. It gave me a lot of motivation to do well today. I’m really grateful it happened.”<\/p>\n
The Filipino first won the World vault gold medal in 2021 Japan. In 2023, he went home empty-handed from Antwerp, Belgium.<\/p>\n
Six years ago, Yulo topped the floor exercise event in Stuttgart, Germany.<\/p>\n
“Caloy (Yulo’s) nickname is truly our national treasure, and he continues to excite our countrymen on the world stage. With the nations\u2019 full support, I\u2019m sure our two-time Olympic champion will make us proud over and over,\u201d Philippine Sports Commission Chair Patrick Gregorio said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cHats off to our gymnastics association as well. Mabuhay ka (Long live), Caloy! Mabuhay ang (Long live) Philippine sports!’ (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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