By Peter Atencio Carlos Yulo punched a ticket to his second Summer Olympic Games stint on Friday. The 23-year-old Yulo
The 23-year-old Yulo made to the Paris 2024 Olympics when he settled for a bronze medal in his favored floor exercises event in the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
Yulo, who made it to 2020 Tokyo Olympics three years ago, placed third after collecting 14.600 points. The gold went to top finisher Artem Dolgopyat of Israel , with Fred Richard of USA taking the silver medal. Because Dolgopyat and Richard have already qualified to the Paris Games, Yulo became the next best gymnast to reach the Olympics.
Yulo becomes the second Filipino athlete to qualify to the Paris Olympics after pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena.
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