Carlos Yulo ended his months-long competition hiatus and clinched a bronze medal in the men’s vault of the All-Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships on Tuesday, September 22.

Yulo floundered in the floor exercise, where he won a world championship, in his first tournament since the Southeast Asian Games last year but managed to clinch the bronze in the vault with a score of 14.733.

He finished tied with former vault world champion Kenzo Shirai as Wataru Kanigawa and Keisuke Asato shared the gold with 14.9 points.

Yulo committed a penalty in his pet floor exercise event and wound up tied at 19th place with a score of 13.966.

The 20-year-old landed at 12th place in the all-around standings with 83.398 points, less than 4 points behind overall champion Kazuma Kaya, who had 86.998 points.

One of the 4 Filipinos who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, Yulo is tabbed as one of the best prospects who could win the Philippines the elusive gold medal in the Games. – Rappler.com