Karl Eldrew Yulo shows bright future with silver medal in Asian championships
Karl Eldrew Yulo in training. Photo from Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya’s Facebook
MANILA, Philippines—Karl Eldrew Yulo has projected himself to someday become a better version of his elder brother, two-time world champion Carlos Edriel Yulo.
The younger Yulo began to pave the road to that dream on Monday, claiming his first podium performance in a major international tournament at the ongoing 2023 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Singapore.
Winding up fourth in the preliminary round, the 15-year-old from Leveriza, Manila made it count in the finals of the men’s junior vault and almost ruled the event with 13.775 points that forged a tie with China’s Wang Chengcheng.
The Chinese eventually seized the gold medal following a second-place output among 11 participants in the pre-final phase.
Yulo bagged the silver medal and Kazakhstan’s Altynkhan Temirbek placed third with 13.650 points.
Being groomed to follow the footsteps of his multi-awarded sibling, Yulo finished seventh in the floor exercise (12.000) and 15th in the individual all-around (73.900) featuring all six apparatuses behind rising Japanese stars Masaharu Tanida (79.900) and Rento Noda (79.800).
In women’s junior artistic gymnastics, their younger sister, 14-year-old Elaiza Andriel Yulo is running 34th in the first round of the individual all-around.
Carlos Yulo, who watched her siblings perform, will likewise see action in the 10-day continental championships, which serves as qualifier to the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium on Oct. 1-8.
The Belgium worlds is a qualifier to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
