After a 10-month hiatus, two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo made a powerful return to competition at the Asian Gymnastics Championships held in Jecheon, Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n
Yulo, the trailblazing Filipino gymnast who earned Olympic gold in floor exercise and vault at Paris 2024, marked his comeback by clinching the floor title and securing three bronze medals in the all-around, vault, and parallel bars events.<\/p>\n
The strong performance came as a surprise even to Yulo himself. On Instagram, he wrote that all he prayed for during this comeback to competing was a healthy and steady performance, but \u201cGod gave him so much more than he could ever wish for.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to reflect on the deeper meaning behind his return. \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the chance to move again, to compete with my passion for gymnastics, and to carry every lesson from the past year\/s with me,\u201d Yulo said. \u201cThis comeback is personal\u2014it\u2019s only by grace, and with faith, patience, and the right people around you, everything finds its way back,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, the 25-year-old is set to compete at the World Championships in Jakarta this October. With the LA28 Olympic Games on the horizon, Yulo has made it clear that defending his titles remains one of his top priorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo everyone who\u2019s supported me through the quiet season, to God be all the glory,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe\u2019re back! \u201d<\/p>\n
Caloy\u2019s groundbreaking performances and thoughtful humility will certainly pave the way for more Filipinos to make their name in gymnastics and bring pride to the country on the international stage of sports.<\/p>\n
Carlos Yulo dominates the floor once again, earning floor exercise gold and three bronze medals at the Asian Gymnastics Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-great-filipino-story"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"","author_name":"PAGEONE Online Network"},"_pageone_source":"","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"432":"gulatt ako besh \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31\r","433":"astig ka lods!!!\r","434":"truly world class!\r","435":"grabeeee effort nya\r","436":"goooehh kuyaaa caloyy wuuu\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}