Carlos Yulo collected two more golds and one bronze medal to cap his Asian Senior Artistic Gymnastics Championships campaign on Sunday, June 18 in Singapore.
*Carlos Yulo successfully defended his throne in the vault event of the Asian Championships. (AFP/File Photo)*
The two-time world champion and Tokyo Olympian first ruled the vault despite some landing issues by posting a 14.299 average to retain the title he won in the 2022 Doha edition. Competing with a 5.600 degree of difficulty on both vaults, he scored 13.966 on the first vault and 14.633 on his second to rule the field that included silver medalist Abdulaziz Mirvaliev of Uzbekistan (14.083) and bronze winner Kim Jaeho of Korea (13.766). Yulo, who already booked a spot in the world championships in Antwerp, Belgium in September, returned an hour later with another crisp and flawless performance in parallel bars, scoring 15.266 to beat Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka (15.133) and China’s Yin Dehang (15.100). As if it was not enough, the 23-year-old Manila native came with another impressive routine to capture the bronze medal in horizontal bar with 14.033 behind gold winner Tian Hao of China (14.533) and Oka (14.366). Overall, Yulo harvested three golds, one silver and one bronze after ruling the floor exercise on Saturday, June 17, and claiming the individual all-around silver on Thursday, June 15. It surpassed his previous showing in Doha last year where he went home with three golds and one silver. Meanwhile, Emma Malabuyo and Aleah Finnegan also made heads turn after landing the floor exercise silver and balance beam bronze, respectively. Malabuyo scored 13.166, just a hairline behind eventual gold medalist Zhang Qingying of China, who won in 13.233. Finnegan, meanwhile, bagged her second bronze with 12.833 behind eventual gold medalist Zhang Qingying (14.200) and silver winner Zhang Xinyi (13.133), both from China. The 20-year-old finished with a bronze medal in vault on Saturday.
*Carlos Yulo successfully defended his throne in the vault event of the Asian Championships. (AFP/File Photo)*
The two-time world champion and Tokyo Olympian first ruled the vault despite some landing issues by posting a 14.299 average to retain the title he won in the 2022 Doha edition. Competing with a 5.600 degree of difficulty on both vaults, he scored 13.966 on the first vault and 14.633 on his second to rule the field that included silver medalist Abdulaziz Mirvaliev of Uzbekistan (14.083) and bronze winner Kim Jaeho of Korea (13.766). Yulo, who already booked a spot in the world championships in Antwerp, Belgium in September, returned an hour later with another crisp and flawless performance in parallel bars, scoring 15.266 to beat Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka (15.133) and China’s Yin Dehang (15.100). As if it was not enough, the 23-year-old Manila native came with another impressive routine to capture the bronze medal in horizontal bar with 14.033 behind gold winner Tian Hao of China (14.533) and Oka (14.366). Overall, Yulo harvested three golds, one silver and one bronze after ruling the floor exercise on Saturday, June 17, and claiming the individual all-around silver on Thursday, June 15. It surpassed his previous showing in Doha last year where he went home with three golds and one silver. Meanwhile, Emma Malabuyo and Aleah Finnegan also made heads turn after landing the floor exercise silver and balance beam bronze, respectively. Malabuyo scored 13.166, just a hairline behind eventual gold medalist Zhang Qingying of China, who won in 13.233. Finnegan, meanwhile, bagged her second bronze with 12.833 behind eventual gold medalist Zhang Qingying (14.200) and silver winner Zhang Xinyi (13.133), both from China. The 20-year-old finished with a bronze medal in vault on Saturday.