Carlos Yulo Esnared Silver and Bronze at Worl d Championship s

By Joshua Rieson Sorreda

Showcasing versatility, Carlos Yulo bags the Silver in the Men’s Vault category and the Bronze medal in the Men’s Parallel Bars at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships held on November 4 in Liverpool, England.

The 22-year-old gymnast finished eighth in the allaround final by swaying the competition, particularly on his floor exercise and parallel bar routines, amassing 82.098 points.

Bagging the gold medal was renowned Olympian titlist, Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto (87.198), in his sterling routines. Hashimoto with China’s Zhang Boheng (86.765) and Japan’s Tanigawa (85.231), captured Silver and Bronze.

Yulo finished the final vault with a score of 14.950, better than the 14.916 points that won him gold in the previous year. He led the standings until Armenia’s Artur Davtyan propelled himself with an impressive 15.050 points, making him the new vault world champion and contravening Yulo a backto-back title. Furthermore, Ukraine’s Igor Radivilov clinched bronze (14.733).

The Filipino gymnast bagged bronze in the parallel bars final with 15.366 points. China’s Zou Jingyuan clinched the gold after garnering a stunning 16.166 points, followed by Germany’s Lukas Dauser (15.500), who finished Silver.

“I am speechless after the six events because I am battling with myself. It was really hard,” said Yulo, who finished 10th in the 2019 edition and 23rd in 2018. Furthermore, he expressed his happiness and disappointment with the outcome of his performance. He states that the experience was good, and finishing eighth is still an achievement for him.

Obiena achieved a new high ranking in the Men’s Pole Vault in World Athletics. Previously 6th in the world records, he rose the ladder three steps higher to the third spot.

Joining the Obiena are his fellow podium finishers, Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis, who bagged No. 1, and USA’s

Christopher Nilsen, No. 2 in the Worlds, respectively.

The Filipino pride capped a personal best of 5.94m in Oregon to tally a new personal best and rewrite the Asian record to win the country’s first-ever medal. He amassed a total of 1,408 points and leaped over the

Rio Olympics gold medalist. Thiago Braz settles with 4th in the world rankings at present.

In the men’s overall ranking, Obiena is in 31st place.