As I write this, the news is that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is giving P1 million to every Filipino athlete coming home from the Paris Olympics and P20 million to two-time gold medalist Carlos Yulo. This is not unexpected from the government. When Hidilyn Diaz came home a gold medalist from the Tokyo Olympics in...
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Carlos Yulo shines in Olympic vault finals for historic double gold
From a dim Olympic debut in Tokyo, Filipino gymnastics star Carlos Yulo is now twice golden in Paris. As if the first gold medal that he won in the floor exercise finals on Aug. 3 weren’t sufficiently historic, Yulo ruled the men’s artistic gymnastics vault finals for his second gold on Aug. 4. The feat...
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Difficult routine leads gymnast Carlos Yulo to Olympic gold
Revenge is a dish best served golden. Filipino gymnastics star Carlos Edriel Yulo delivered a dazzling 15.000 routine in the men’s floor exercise event finals for the Philippines’ first ever gold in artistic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympics last Saturday, Aug. 3. With the historic win, the Manila native succeeded in his revenge tour...
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Gymnast Carlos Yulo reaches finals of 3 events in Paris Olympics
After braving bold career decisions and the accompanying controversies, Carlos Yulo is now poised to win for the Philippines its first medal in men’s artistic gymnastics in the Olympic Games that opened in Paris on July 26. The 24-year-old Filipino gymnast has advanced to the final round of the floor exercise, vault, and all-around events....
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Quest for gold: Gymnast Carlos Yulo seeks revenge in Paris
Carlos Yulo entered the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, hoping to become the first-ever Filipino gold medalist in artistic gymnastics. He had all the momentum to pull it off, too. After all, Yulo was the reigning world champion in floor exercises. However, his dreams went up in smoke after committing costly mistakes in the qualifying round....
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19 golds so far, but it’s a rough road ahead for Philippines at SEA Games
Win some, lose some. The Philippines sits in fourth place in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games’ (SEA Games) medal tally, with 19 gold, 28 silver, and 31 bronze medals as of the evening of May 8, and that ranking will expectedly be challenged by several factors in the remaining nine days. As host country, Cambodia had...