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Parallel bars final
Carlos Yulo more than made up for his missed chance to defend his world title in the floor exercise.
Just hours after winning the vault gold medal, the Filipino gymnast captured another medal in the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan on Sunday, October 24.
Yulo capped his campaign with a silver in the parallel bars with a score of 15.300. China’s Hu Xuwei captured the gold (15.466).
The feat made Yulo, the 2019 world champion in the floor exercise, the first Filipino gymnast to win multiple world medals
(FULL STORY: Carlos Yulo makes history, claims another world gymnastics medal)
Vault final
It didn’t take long for Carlos Yulo to claim a world title again.
Just a day after losing his title defense in the floor exercise, Yulo captured the gold medal in the vault event in the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan on Sunday, October 24.
The Filipino gymnast scored an incredible 15.033 in his second attempt and set the competition bar to 14.916 for his average score.
(FULL STORY: Carlos Yulo world champion again, bags vault gold)
Floor exercise final
Carlos Yulo finished fifth in the floor exercise event as the Filipino gymnast fell short of his title defense in the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan on Saturday, October 23.
A crucial penalty denied the gymnastics star a second straight world championship.
Yulo, who topped the qualifiers last Wednesday, had hoped to replicate his historic feat in 2019 where he became the first Southeast Asian gymnast to bag a world crown.
(FULL STORY: Carlos Yulo loses world title defense, lands 5th)
Preview
Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo aims for another historic run as he tries to defend his world title while vying for more milestones in the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.
The 4-foot-11 dynamo qualified for three individual apparatus finals – floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars – putting him in contention for three gold medals.
Yulo, the country’s first gymnastics world champion, will defend his men’s floor exercise title on Saturday, October 23 at 3:10 pm, Philippine time.
The star gymnast will then continue his campaign on Sunday, October 24 at 3:25 pm for the vault final, and cap it off at 5 pm for the parallel bars medal round.
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