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Paris 2024 gold fuels Carlos Yulo’s gymnastics goals

Beatrice Go

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Paris 2024 gold fuels Carlos Yulo’s gymnastics goals

DETERMINED. Carlos Yulo says he knows what he needs to do to reach his goal: an Olympic gold medal.

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Filipino star gymnast Carlos Yulo targets top finishes in 2022 in preparation for 2023, an Olympic qualifying year

MANILA, Philippines – Two-time world champion gymnast Carlos Yulo is set on bringing home an Olympic gold for the Philippines.

With just a year to go before the Paris Olympic qualifiers, Yulo will focus on training and improving himself, while aiming to excel in major competitions in 2022.

“Olympics po talaga, iyon talaga ang nagmo-motivate sa akin and tsaka gusto ko talaga mag-gold sa 2024. Sobrang sobra gusto ko na mag-gold,” the 22-year-old Yulo told reporters on Saturday, March 5, during the opening of the national gymnastics training center.  

Alam ko na ang experience ko paano and gagalingan ko sa mga trainings ko para makalapit sa goal ko po.” 

(It’s the Olympics that really motivates me. I really want to win the gold in 2024. I really, really want the gold. I know what the Olympic experience is like and I’ll do my best in training in order to inch closer to my goal.) 

Paris 2024 gold fuels Carlos Yulo’s gymnastics goals

Yulo will be participating in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam in May, Hangzhou Asian Games in September, and Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in October. 

The Tokyo-based gymnast will be participating in all apparatuses in the SEA Games, but Yulo and his team believe he can bring home three golds for the Philippines in the floor exercises, vault, and parallel bar events. 

Yulo will also be making adjustments to the routine of his pet event, floor exercises, due to the new rules of the International Gymnastics Federation.

His retooled performance will make a debut in the SEA Games, where he hopes to make up for his dismal finishes in the floor exercises in 2021. Last year, Yulo failed to qualify for the floor exercise final in the Tokyo Olympics and finished fifth in the world championships. 

Coach Munehiro Kugimiya has already drafted Yulo’s training plan for Paris 2024 and is confident that the Filipino gymnast can win gold medals in all his 2022 events.

“I already discussed [with Yulo] and made plans. We can get gold in all the competitions,” said Kugimiya. 

“After April 3, we’ll have [a lot] of training [before he goes back to university]. For Paris, we have to get gold, so I have to make the environment and facility good.” 

In 2021, Yulo narrowly missed an Olympic podium finish as he landed fourth place in the men’s vault event. Though he failed to defend his world championship gold in the floor exercises, he took home the world title in the vault event and bagged silver in the parallel bars. – Rappler.com 

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Beatrice Go

More commonly known as Bee, Beatrice Go is a multimedia sports reporter for Rappler, who covers Philippine sports governance, national teams, football, and the UAAP. Stay tuned for her news and features on Philippine sports and videos like the Rappler Athlete’s Corner and Rappler Sports Timeout.