Carlos Edriel Yulo: Golden gymnast

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A Filipino of compact proportions but colossal talent and courage is king of the gymnastics world. Carlos Edriel Yulo came through with a performance to remember in the floor exercise to capture a historic first gold medal for the country in the 49th FIG World Artistic Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday night.

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A Filipino of compact proportions but colossal talent and courage is king of the gymnastics world.

Raising the degree of difficulty from 6.2 paid off for Yulo as he became the first Filipino world champion in the discipline.For the first time, the Philippine national anthem was played in the world gymnastics stage after Yulo’s historic feat Saturday night. Yulo actually made his Stuttgart stint more memorable after he qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics several days earlier. He will be joining Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena in the quadrennial games.

He is now also a frontrunner for the Athlete of the Year award, the highest honor given by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, the oldest and longest running sports organization in the country. Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya has been supervising his training for over six years, forging him into a world-class athlete.“I talked to my mom and she told me it was better to go there and train with coach Mune . So I went,” he said.

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