‘Overwhelmed’ Carlos Yulo Wins Historic Gymnastics Olympic Gold For Philippines

Carlos Yulo triumphed on Saturday within the males’s ground train of the gymnastics in Paris for less than the second Olympic gold within the historical past of the Philippines. The 24-year-old broke down in tears after matching the achievement of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who received gold on the Covid-delayed 2020 Tokyo Games. “I just went for it, I didn’t hesitate,” mentioned Yulo. The former world champion completely executed his routine, ending with a sure-footed touchdown to attain 15.000 factors. It sealed the primary gymnastics Olympic medal ever for the Philippines.

Defending champion and world titleholder Artem Dolgopyat of Israel was pushed into silver with 14.966.

“The past months (in general) were hard. I had some problems with my leg and also the training was difficult,” mentioned the 27-year-old Dolgopyat.

“It’s a hard time in Israel. I tried to do my best in the competition, to show everyone that Israel is very strong and that we can win medals.”

Britain’s Jake Jarman, who had scored highest in qualifying per week in the past, achieved 14.933 to take bronze at Bercy Arena.

Yulo had warned he was “shooting for the stars” in Paris after lacking out on the rostrum in Tokyo.

And his acrobatic and technically troublesome routine proved a success, scoring larger than the 14.766 he had garnered in qualifying.

“I’m so overwhelmed. I’m feeling grateful for having this medal and for God. He protected me, as always,” mentioned Yulo, who has an opportunity of one other medal within the vault closing on Sunday.

“He gave me the strength to get through this kind of performance and perform this well.”

China’s Xiao Ruoteng, the Tokyo ground bronze medallist, slumped to final within the eight-man closing after hopping out of bounds after his opening bounce to complete with 13.933.

Xiao had been bidding for gold so as to add to his silver within the males’s staff occasion and bronze within the all-around competitors on the Paris Games.

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