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Carlos Yulo, more polished, does two bronzes in a gymnastics tournament in Japan
Joey Villar (Philstar.com) – December 13, 2020 – 4:08 pm
MANILA, Philippines – Reigning world champion Caloy Yulo is slowly getting into good shape and is on his way to a gold performance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Three months after a disappointing effort at the 2020 All-Japan Seniors Championship, the 20-year-old Yulo arrived a bit more polished this time, taking two bronze medals in the floor and jumping events of the 74th Championship Gymnastics All Japan. at the Takasaki Arena on Sunday.
In the floor exercise where he won a world title in Stuttgart, Germany last year, Yulo finished with a bronze with a total score of 15,200 to finish behind Japan’s Kasuki Minami with 15,600 and youth world gold medalist Ryosuke Doi ’15 .300, the eventual gold and silver winners.
Yulo, who took two gold and five silver medals at last year’s Southeast Asian Games in Manila, added a bronze on the vault where he scored 14,866.
Hidenobu Yonekura took the gold with a 15,133 while Keisuke Asato the silver with a 15,083.
The recent performance was a huge leap from his bronze medal effort at the All Japan Seniors last September, a feat that came on the vault and not the floor exercise, his favorite event where he ended sadly tied with others. two ranked 19th there.
Yulo, however, came more prepared on this case and made sure that disastrous finbish was not repeated.
Leveriza’s pocket wonder Manila also improved on the individual total, finishing 8th this time from 12th in the previous competition.
Yulo is one of four Filipinos who have already claimed places in Tokyo, and others are pole vaulter EJ Obiena and boxers Eumir Marcial and Irish Magno.
But on his small but firm shoulders, the country’s hope to end its long quest for an elusive Olympic golden break.
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