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Caloy Yulo receives financial aid for Olympic quest

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/11/25/20191201-sea-games-carlos-yulo-cd-7.jpg"/><figcaption>Carlos Yulo competes in the men&#x27;s all-around gymnastics en route to the gold at the 30th Southeast Asian Games on December 1, 2019​. Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News​</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines -- Olympic-bound Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo has received additional funding while he prepares for his stint in next year&#x27;s Summer Games in Tokyo.The MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) announced Wednesday that they have granted P800,000 to Yulo via the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP).The grant will maintain Yulo&#x27;s rent, academic schooling, and support team, composed of a physiotherapist, nutritionist, and sports psychologist.The foundation hopes that in doing so, Yulo can focus on his preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, which is scheduled for July 23 to August 8 next year.&quot;The MVPSF wants to make sure that our athletes still get the best training possible, even as we face the current COVID-19 pandemic,&quot; MVPSF president Al Panlilio said in a statement.&quot;Aside from the financial relief from the additional finding, we&#x27;re hopeful that this also puts Caloy&#x27;s mind at ease, because we want to show him that we&#x27;re behind him all the way,&quot; he added. &quot;His sole focus should be on his quest to win an Olympic medal, and we&#x27;ll do our best to take care of the rest.&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2020/08/05/so-far-wnba-teams-scoring-breakneck-pace-69949">READ: So far WNBA teams scoring at breakneck pace</a></li></ul>Yulo, 20, is one of four Filipinos to have qualified for next year&#x27;s Olympics, along with pole-vaulter EJ Obiena and boxers Irish Magno and Eumir Felix Marcial.He secured his ticket to the Summer Games after advancing to the final round of the men&#x27;s all-around in the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart. In the same event, he won the gold in the men&#x27;s floor exercise, becoming the first Filipino to become a world champion gymnast.Yulo displayed his talent and skill at home during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, when he won the gold in the floor exercise and all-around, while claiming silver in the pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bars.He has been training in Japan since 2016 under the tutelage of coach Munehiro Kugimiya.<div>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>).</div>

Olympic-bound Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo has received additional funding while he prepares for his stint in next year's Summer Games in Tokyo.

Olympic-bound Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo has received additional funding while he prepares for his stint in next year's Summer Games in Tokyo.