MANILA, Philippines–Carlos Edriel Yulo is projected to wear the sparkling gold medal around his neck in the floor exercise of the men’s artistic gymnastics in the Tokyo Olympics.
The world champion Filipino gymnast likewise targets at least a silver medal in the vault and a finals appearance in the parallel bars.
These twin feats alone would make the 21-year-old Yulo, who has been training in Japan over the past four years under the tutelage of coach Munehiro Kugimiya, the most accomplished Filipino athlete in the Olympics.
“I know he will come back (here in the Philippines) with a gold medal,” said Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion during…
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