Eldrew Yulo advances to floor exercise final in FIG Cairo World Cup
At A Glance
- The 18-year-old Yulo came in fifth among the eight qualifiers, posting 13.900 points after scoring 8.500 on his routine that has a 5.400 degree of difficulty.
Karl Eldrew Yulo. (GAP)
Karl Eldrew Yulo made another statement in his young career after qualifying for the floor exercise finals in the Cairo leg of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series in Egypt on Saturday, April 4 (Philippine time).
The 18-year-old Yulo came in fifth among the eight qualifiers, posting 13.900 points after scoring 8.500 on his routine that has a 5.400 degree of difficulty.
Arsenii Dukhno topped the qualifiers with 14.533 points, followed by Colombia’s Camilo Vera (14.133), Daniel Marinov (14.000), and Norway’s Sebastian Sponevik (13.933).
Also in the finals are 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Rayderley Zapata of Spain (13.800), 2006 Doha Asian Games bronze medalist Li Hongyan of China (13.733), and Kazakhstan’s Altnykhan Temirbek (13.600).
Yulo hopes to follow up his breakthrough golden performance in the same apparatus at the Antalya leg held last month in Turkey.