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Gymnastics phenom Carlos Yulo wins historic gold on world stage

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<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/reuters/10/12/20180918-carlos-edriel-yulo-1-rtr.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/reuters/10/12/20180918-carlos-edriel-yulo-2-rtr.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Gold medalist Philippines&#x27; Carlos Edriel Yulo during the medals ceremony. <cite>REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Gold medalist Philippines&#x27; Carlos Edriel Yulo during the medals ceremony. <cite>REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay</cite></p></div></div></div><p><strong>(UPDATE) </strong>Carlos Yulo gave the Philippines its first gold medal in the world artistic gymnastics championships when he topped the floor exercise of the competition in Germany on Saturday.</p><p>The youngest competitor in this year&#x27;s event at 19, Yulo took the title with a winning margin of just 0.1 point ahead of silver medalist Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, while China&#x27;s Xiao Ruoteng claimed bronze at Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart.</p><p>Yulo consistently posted controlled landings to post an impressive score of 15.300 points.</p><p>Raising the degree of difficulty from 6.2 to 6.5 paid dividends for Yulo as he outperformed Dolgopyat, who came into the final as the top qualifier.</p><p>Based in Tokyo, Yulo improved on last year&#x27;s bronze medal, which made him the first Filipino ever to occupy a podium spot at the championships.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/08/19/gymnastics-carlos-yulo-is-2nd-filipino-to-gain-olympic-spot">After pole-vaulter EJ Obiena, Yulo is 2nd Filipino to gain Olympic spot</a></li></ul><p>Russia&#x27;s all-around champion, Nikita Nagornyy, blew the chance to win a second gold in 24 hours after picking up a 0.3-point penalty to finish sixth.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Men’s Floor Final at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Stuttgart2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Stuttgart2019</a>:<br/>🥇 Carlos Yulo, 🇵🇭- 15.3<br/>🥈 Artem Dolgopyat, 🇮🇱- 15.2<br/>🥉 Xiao Ruoteng, 🇨🇳- 14.933<br/>4. Artur Dalaloyan, 🇷🇺- 14.8<br/>5. Lin Chaopan, 🇨🇳- 14.7<br/>6. Nikita Nagornyy, 🇷🇺- 14.166<br/>7. Kim Hansol, 🇰🇷- 13.833<br/>8. Dominic Cunningham, 🇬🇧- 13.566</p>— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAGym/status/1183028025987866630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The first individual apparatus final was the men&#x27;s Floor Exercise, and it&#x27;s a historic 🥇 for 🇵🇭 as Carlos Edriel Yulo improves on his 2018 🥉!<br/>🥇 Carlos Edriel Yulo 🇵🇭<br/>🥈 Artem Dolgopyat 🇮🇱<br/>🥉 Xiao Ruoteng 🇨🇳<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Stuttgart2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Stuttgart2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/RdVAD2QxQT">pic.twitter.com/RdVAD2QxQT</a></p>— FIG (@gymnastics) <a href="https://twitter.com/gymnastics/status/1183027691567616001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Yulo is on a hot streak of personal feats this week.</p><p>The 19-year-old punched a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when he ranked high enough in the men&#x27;s individual all-around competition on Monday.</p><p>Then, performing against the world&#x27;s elite, he finished 10th in the competition&#x27;s final on Friday.</p><p>The floor exercise is considered Yulo&#x27;s strength, and with his victory over the weekend he also strengthened his reputation as a favorite in the Southeast Asian Games.</p><div><strong>—With a report from Reuters</strong></div><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</p>

<p>Carlos Yulo of the Philippines has won the gold medal in the floor exercise of the world artistic gymnastics championships in Germany on Saturday.</p>

Carlos Yulo of the Philippines has won the gold medal in the floor exercise of the world artistic gymnastics championships in Germany on Saturday.